Verdi's Verdict,
At his home in Genoa, one evening in |
~~ - 1890, Verd! sat down to his piano and |
Bellefonte, Pa., May 31, 1912.
FARM NOTES.
| score of “Cavalleria Rusticana.” Boito |
| and Tebaldini were present at the time.
~The poultry business requires study | -
and constant attention, the same as any 90h Enough of this sort of thin
other business. First efforts are rarely | rose from the plano. Quite a long |
ever successful. | time afterward Mascagni heard the se
oa i : | que! to the incident. On the morning |
A simple way of finding out the value | after it occurred Tebaldini met Verd: |
of each cow is by k a daily record | !
of the quality of milk given by each, and | and remarked that the latter looked
testing it at intervals. | tired. Verdi expianined that he had sat |
—Humus was intended by nature to UP to a very late hour of the night.
create and conserve the fertility of the “After you left.” he went on. “1 wen! |
soil for the production of the necessities back to the piano and once more tried |
to conserve the human race. | over ‘Cavalleria.’ and it gradually con. |
—In feeding value silage compares quered my prejudice and made a great |
favorably with other crops, although this impression on me. There is so much
will vary with the kind of stock and the sincerity in its melodies that, in spite |
grain rations with which it is used. | of myself, I could not help going on |
—If the swine are in the fattening with it, and now | must admit that the
stage they should have all they will eat work pleases me vastly." And he add- |
up clean, but growing animals should | ed, “Here is a young man who will |
have just enough to keep them in a thrifty = make a name for himself.” |
growing condition. ———
—Hogs must have mineral matter. | Reason For Waiting.
Charcoal, ashes, soft coal screenings and | A certain young woman, although
salt are cheap and just what they need. ghe is a trained stenographer, type |
Disinfecting hog troughs and pens may | writer and bookkeeper, had very bad |
not kill cholera, but it will aid as a pre-
veative. ; luck in trying to obtain a position at |
_ even a fair salary. Though there was
—The man who, on 80 acres, gives po joke in the continual disappoint |
Bisel! to high thougt and purposes aw | ments, she found a funny side to oue |
arge living will easily ou in intel- |
lectual power and social influence the SETH ae pin gta Place!
mere money-seeker on a farm many Whose advertisement she ans
times larger. It isn't the size of the farm, ber that the salary paid at first would |
but the quality of the farmer's methods be $8 a week. that by the end of the
which determines his place in the com- year it would be increased to $9, while |
munity. . by the third year she would receive |
—The soy bean plant is a legume, and
is, therefore, a nitrogen gatherer for the
soil. If properly handled it should leave |
the soil in better condition than before. |
This is particularly true of sandy soil, '
which is Rencrally Somewhat deficient in
nitrogen. e crop usually does well on |
the li : | tion or not. She sat down and wrote:
fhe ligiter soils, a compared: with the “Dear Sir—Of course | intended to
—As a food for all kinds of livestock, | 3°0°Pt the position. | am simply wal.
alfalfa has been found the "kingof forage | 18 for the two years to pass, so tha
crops.” It isrich in protein and well | I can begin at $10 per. Yours truly.”-
adapted for use in a feeding ration with | New York Times.
corn. It makes excellent hay and is more
digestible than most forms of ro feed.
Numerous feeding records show that it is orces seeki
worth fully a half more than clover hay, The 2 that ave actively oi
: to destroy all our best wild life are
and many feeders claim it to be almost |
equal to such materials as wheat bran. | Overwhelmingly numerous and vers
| aggressive. Unfortunately each one of
_—Losses of livestock last year from | these forces of destruction Is stead
disease and exposure, according to the fly becoming more deadly. 1 assert.
Department of Agriculture, make an un; 00 "snr of contradiction, that to
f; A
avorable Showin Hogs ate estimated | 0, ory valuable wild species in onr
to have died in proportion of about
90 to each 1000 except in Illinois, where | country is being killed faster than i
is breeding. In our own times the
the loss is placed at 215 for each 1000.
Swine disease was more destructive than | great auk, passenger pigeon, Labrado:
duck. Eskimo curlew, Carolina parra
the magnificent sum of $10. Mechan- |
{cally she agreed to let him know and
went out. Apparently she had made »
good impression, for when a couple of
days had gone by she received a note
asking whether she wanted the posi
Exterminating Our Wild Life.
sme]
08s was close to , the | poet, flamingo (In the United States.
value is figured at more than $46,000,000. | Pallao's cormorant and the whooping
—Where both grain and cob in corn crane have been completely extermi-
are crushed and fed to the horses, oats, | nated. There are at least fourteen
bran or oil meal should be about one- )
third of the rations, as the cob portion of | Hore species of birds that will be rer |
the chop is so dry and woody that it is | dered extinct in the near future un:
apt to " eo the Ry caus- | less a revolution in public sentimer’ |
ing gastric colic. It will not do to feed | quickly and sternly stops the universal |
this ration alone to horses in anything | slaughter.—Willlam T. Hornaday in
but moderate quantities, especially where | Leslie's. |
they stand in the stalls considerable of |
te Bh gD RR
IR Cark ah . Whether they are | gappg were breaking in New York
working or not, something must be done | WE
to loosen their bowels ae assist in turn- | eight a day at the height of the 1907 |
ing the manure back to a somewhat softer | panic, and it was a nerve racking time
and mote golden color, which can be ac- A pew president had taken charge of |
complished by decreasing or cutting out | one shaky institution to try to save it. |
entirely the corn and cob feed and giving | He was a good natured man, but had
more of the laxative rations. ' voice like the bellow of an angry bull
—In preparing whitewash for the walls, | Unfamiliar with banking details, he
ceilings, posts of the cow barn, etc, it is | was nosing nrosad the place.
best to add some antiseptic. Slack the “Well, how much a day do you steal”
fresh stone lime by adding water gradual- | he bellowed at a clerk who was empty
phi 1 My i iB a smooth, | yng bags filed with gold and silver inte
carbolic aci .. a sorting and counting machine.
is to oe Midi rn gallons. _ x | The clerk turned red, then white an:
little more thining with water. But if it | Stammered out some unintelligible re
is to be applied by a spray pump, much! ply.
more water is needed, and the wash must | The new president went back to his
be strained through a cloth. The white- | office, thought bard for ten minutes
washing Sou he dotie When She cows and then sent for the clerk. He con
g m. e doors an New
windows should be open to allow the | SesuRd Bo a ‘shorage of $7,500-Ne
rapid drying. Ordinarily, it is not neces. | *OF% Mal.
sary to do the whitewashing oftener than
every six weeks through the winter sea- The Roman Forum.
son, but let the fall application be done | From the age of Tiberius to that of ,
and very thoroughly. ! Constantine the history of the Roman
—The effect of the use of the milking , forum is represented, says Profesor
machine on the health of the cow has Lancianl by four great fires followed
been the subject of investigation at one ' by three great restorations. The first
of the Australian experiment farms. It| was that of Nero in 65. The second
was concluded that contagious udder dis- | wag that of Titus in 80. The third wax
eases might be spread by the use of a In the reign of Commodus. 191. The
dirty milking machine, the cups not being | fourth took place In 283, in the days of
kept clean, but with a clean machine it | 1002 P Sa3s 9
might not be so likely to spread the dis- | Carinus. A century later occu e
ease as the hands of the milker. A diseased abolition of pagan worship. which Ix
cow should not be milked with a milking = mentioned as the first incident in the
machine. It was found that some types ' destruction of the forum. Yet the
of milking machine were injurious to the | place was In a tolerable degree of pres-
cow because of the presence of a metal ervation as lute as the beginning of
ring at the top of the cup and because a the sixth century
continual presgice as Shared, SALES :
a congestion. Machines ntermittent | —
action would not cause any congestion. | Sacrificed to Reform.
It was concluded that there was no injury, “You have abandoned the picturesque
if the milking machines were of the right custom of crowning a queen of the
type, were not used on diseased cows and May?"
were kept clean. | “Yes replied the merry villager:
—One man can sometimes do more to “we had to give it up. There got to be
bring pure-bred Rvesiock. into _ disfavor so many candidates and so much cam-
than a dozen can accom mn u- paigning that tics left us no time
larizing them. For example re a for Hg ten on, star.
portage ii lg ae Lg Al a
coming. jim k he | Placing the BI
‘ortune in handling | ng ame,
Sy a Te had made no “1 admit without hesitation.” said
special study of breed characteristics and | the man who tries to conceal his self
knew very little about scientific feeding, ‘esteem, “tbat whatever | am today Is
and less about the practical methods of due to the influence of my wife.”
going animals into sale condition. He “That's right.” replied Mr. Growch:
not seek wise counsel in the matter, op blame the woman.”—
and as a result he soon found himself Washington Star.
loaded up with expensive animals, these | gn
being selscied without regard 0 tmp c
ormity of conformation, consisten !
a He has been “The hour of 12 has struck! hissed
trying for some time now to dispose of the ghost.
some surplus stock, but, breeders who are = “] don't blame it.” replied the mate-
looking for “the best” are unable to find pigjist. "It was work 'd to death ‘ong
want in this man's herd, while o05v judge.
farmers in the community cannot pay the
the prices thatshould be paid in to |
ord the breeder any profit. He has | Very Easily.
started in to do a little spasmodic ad- Griggs— Wealth does not necessarily
Veruising, but because he cannot make bring varnine. BUS, but if it
name a houshold word among men should prove ppointing one can
who handle his kind of livestockin a short gggfly >» rid of hes
time he has already become disgusted 3 "
by the time 12 months roll |
Noise In a Bank,
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she m
} | the notes for his speech be had reached suffer agony in attaining the dignity
“| a point of view that boded fll for King | motherhood. i
| Rum, and when be began speaking | million
- | from them his imagination expanded
| related that one of the foremost pro-
—
Probab . Do not drink poison relying on the
around he will look on both buyers and
sellers as his natural 8 both bay snfidote you may possess—Arable.
the effect of a plea he was making | erty. Yet she cannot al
against the liquor traffic before an out: pate horself fyi some of
door audience in the northern part of :
Indiana. By the time he bad made out ery is a
and his language fairly scintillated with
firebrands huried at the traffic. In the
midst of it, while paying his special
respects to those who helped the tratlic
along by their lenience toward it. a
series of malevolent breezes tried to
carry off the loose leaves of his manu-
script. To stop the annoyance he
opened up his pocketknife and pinned
the pages to the pine board before him.
He pinned them with such a vigorous
jolt that a big corkscrew with which
the other end of the knife was equip-
per flopped open and stood up shame-
lessly before all those temperance peo-
It does away with monthly suf-
Flour and Feed.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
“I ha 1 felt,” the tor is Fe
ve always fo ora
wont to say, “that the impression 1 Corn Meal
made on that crowd was not commen. |
IID rie oor ty crt] and Gram
Indianapolis News. i
5 Manufactures and has on hand al times the
First Drop Curtain Sign. :
It is very seldom nowadays that we | WHITE STAR
catch a glimpse of advertising signs on OUR BEST
the drop curtains of any New York HIGH GRADE
production, and yet time was when this CTO TENT
method of advertising was a source of vi r TRY a ATENT
revenue to the manager, and curtains
The only place in the county
were literally covered with signs. It is wire kunt ’
dinarily fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour
SPRAY
can be secured. Also International Stock Food
and feed of all kinds.
All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour
exchanged for wheat.
ducers along Broadway some twenty:
five years ago, while putting on a biz
musical play, discovered that his funds
were running low and he was unable
to raise a loan. One of the scenes in
the play represented Union square. at
that time the first class retail center of
New York city. He had an idea. He
went to merchants whose places of
business were on Union square anda
proposed to show their stores In his
scene and with their signs plainly in
sight, which would be a good ad. The
suggestion was readily accepted, and
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET.
BELLEFONTE. PA.
MILL AT ROOPBSURG.
47-19
CAT LT LNT LV AT ALAT AT AV AVATVATVAVATAYAY AV ATV A wv.
houses to
J. M. KEICHLINE,
-Law,
51-14-ly Cy Pa.
Saddier Ve
Surely, you must think well of
plan that will save you some
lars on a set of Single Harness.
Now it is up to you to make us
make good.
SCHOFIELD'S MAIL ORDER DEPT.
Why send your money away when
at home goods better
Io quality at less. money. wich a
guarantee or
money refunded all freight
charges prepaid.
A Set of Harness in Nickle or Imi-
tation Rubber, at.......... $12.85
This harness is equal to any $15 set on the
market.
Genuine Rubber............ $i4.85
which has no equal for less than $17.
To insure prompt money should
accompany order. cut of the harness
will be mailed upon request.
Address all communications to
E. N. SCHOFIELD,
Mail Order Dept.,
Bellefonte Pa.
to which he will his
cheerfully give his prompt
GUARANTEE—The above goods
Ed re A113 Top
James Schofield,
§ SpringStreet 5532 Bellefonte, Pa
The Pennsylvania State College.
the producer got all the money he re-
quired for bringing out his play and a
great deal more.—New York Telegraph.
Lively Wedding Gifts.
No one ever received a more curious
consignment of wedding presents than
the famous lion trainer Bidel. “We
spent our honeymoon at Lyons,” he
once told a friend, “and we had some
queer presents from the ordinary point
IF YOU WISH TO BECOME
of view, as all my friends were ans- A Chemist
fous to give ‘something useful.’ Among .
other gifts were three boa constrictors An Engineer
and tive alligators. An Electrician
the night tvo of the allgators broke
out of their boxes in our bedroom and
began exploring. | could not find the
matches, and my wife and | remalned EFFECT IN SEPT
TAKING .
fied, so as to furnish a much more varied
on top of the bed canopy till morning than heretofore, story;
Luckily my wife did not think of the Greek Languages and ures;
thing that was wotrying me. | was SAR, oie Ciliiies are &
deadly afraid that the alligators would
waken up the boa constrictors.”
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and holding
Died For His Mates.
There is a tablet in the sailors’ home
at Melbourne to James Marr. He wns
a sailor before the mast on the Rip.
On July 15, 1873, the Rip was caught
in a squall. Marr sat astride of the
gaff when a great wave broke over the
boat and brought down the mainmast.
There was only one chance to save the
Rip. That was to cut away the litter
1 shall never for-
get how annoyed | was and bow
frightened my wife was when during
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and to cut away meant to send him
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overboard to his death. So, looking at
him doubtfully, the men hesitated,
their axes in their hands. Marr, help-
less, pondered. He saw that his death
would be the boat's salvation, and he
shouted:
“Cut away, mates! Goodby!"
Then he let himself fall into the cold.
wild sea.
flavor
is often very complicated. The best
jointed dolls have stout elastic cord at 25 cents per pound.
on the inside, to which the movable This is a GENUINE BARGAIN.
parts are attached. A special branch
of the industry is devoted to the mak:
ing of dresses and hats, The latest
Parisian styles are copied in dressing
the larger sized dolls, and the crea-
tions turned out compare very favora-
bly in mininture with the original.
The Books of Youth.
The books that charmed us in youth
recall the delight ever afterward. We
are hardly persuaded there are any like
them, any deserving equally our affec-
tions. Fortunate If the best fall in our
way during these susceptible and form-
Sechler &
Bush House Block, -
COFFEE
The coffee market just now is a pretty hard proposition
But we are doing all that it is possible for us to do under
present conditions to give our trade good values.
We are selling a good sound coffee and of excellent
But Marr clung to the broken spar. | A _ ad ’
And at 28 c. per pound and 30c. per pound we are
giving very high value for the price named. On our en.
tire line of Coffee you will always get better value her,
for the price charged. Give us a fair trial on our coffees
and you will find the proof in the goods.
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ing periods of our lives.—Alcott.
Making Dolls. |
The assembling by German dollmak- |
ers of the different parts of the dolls
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Not Dangerous.
“We found a kidnaper in our house
the other day.”
“Good heavens!
lice?"
Did you get the po
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“What! For a fine surprise present
of a new cradle?'—Baltimore Amer
fcan.
Full of Thrills.
“Was the play exciting?” i
“Oh, very. The management bad
engaged two leading ladies, and there
was a constant struggle for the center
of the stage.” — Washington Herald.
Heart Throbs Stopped.
Nan—So you've had a falling out
with Jack. [ thought he loved you
with all his heart. Pan-—That’s justit.
He had heart failure. — Philadelphia
Record.
The only thing that walks back from
the tomb with the mourners and refuses
to be buried is character.—W. M. Hunt.
imestone and Lime for all purposes.
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Lime is the life of the soil.
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Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results. If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime
We are the largest Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground
Works at Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Meadows, Tyrone Forger and Union Furnace.
Write for literature on lime.
STONE COMPANY.,
Offices at TYRONE, PA.
used.
years of experience. work of Superior
Restaurant.
ESTAURANT.
Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
taurant where
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St.. Bellefonte, Pa.
GO TOGETHER.
When ha steam pipes, leaky
0.y0u hi ve dripping :
fas, you can't have good Health, The air you
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It's the kind you
Sustht so Mave. Wedon't trust is work to
boys. r workmen echanics
no better anywhere. Our
Material and
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. And with good work and the
finest material, our
Prices are lower
than many who give you r, unsanitary
work and the lowest grade fa ishings. For
the Best Work try he
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Coal and Wood.
EDWARD K. RHOADS
Shipping and Commission
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE anp BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains.
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Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand.
KINDLING WOOD
by the bunch or cord as mav suit purchasers,
respectfully solicits the patronage of his
friends and the public, at his Coal Yard,
near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
1618 Telephone Calls: {Sntral Li
Meat Market.
Get the Best Meats.
oS save nothing bv Suving poor, thin
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
REEETRER
I always have
— DRESSED POULTRY ——
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP.
P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. 4334ly. Bellefonte, Pa.
Diliman, fe
Meals are Served at All Hours
Good Health
Good Plumbing
Fixtures are the Best
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