Bellefonte, Pa., June 7, 1913.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Busy, thirsty, noxious fly,
We're at war, sir, you and 1!
Once the poet let you sup
Freely from his brimming cup;
Now we know you carry germs—
Nevermore can we make terms!
Leave, | warn you, my domain,
For I'm planning a campaign!
Sticky paper's out of date,
Screens too oft you penetrate;
But I'll summon to my aid
Weapons that you can't evade,
I will spread a poisoned bait
‘That shall lure you to your fate;
Subtle fumes of formalin
Shall destroy you and your kin!
I will catch you in a net.
Cunning traps of wire I'll set;
Germicides I'll spray around—
Not a corner shall be found
Where a hungry fly can feed,
Not a nook where you can breed,
Filthy, germ-infested fly,
Warning fair 1 give hereby—
We're at war, sir, you and Ii
—~New York Tribune.
OFF THE TRAIL.
There are not in our country any of
the caste distinctions which prevail we are '
creditably informed, in the anemic civili-
zation of the Atlantic Coast States. One
is as good as another, if he be not
peten Yet, a man has, perforce, to bea
| nnd epied the wagon, but it would
| this climate’ll soon: set her right.”
“It shore will,” Dave said. “This here
climate'll put whiskers on a aig.”
Three of us were loafing the day at
| headquarters, fresh from delivery of a
; bunch of mixed stuff—cows and calves
have been bad vempeis i uxibi
curiosi a , especially during
TlSlosity as owner. Now, however,
we seized bucket and repaired to wind-
mill, being reminded that, at Dave's age,
| he should not be obliged to carry water
| this considerable distance.
"What were you doing with them buck-
| ets?" he shouted at us wrathfully.
ties of life, but there is, nothwithstand- © MIF TIENT have.
ing, a certain ceremony to occa- |
sions, and one does well to it.
Reserve is to be clvated above all
things. It strong nature.
What more ing proof of immunity
from flightiness than squatting beside a
stranger half an hour without giving
le oe Wize
on a stic stares at
nothing? Suck proced
sureness a man of solid judgment, one
whose self-respect compels aloofness. It
lead, too, in course of time, to mu-
tual] informing dissertations, such as:
“Them clouds look like rain. Do you
reckon?”
“No-0oo. See those ol’ dust-spurts? It
never rains when they start to rollick-
mg.
After that, if one Re sheswa, je wil
relapse into gloom, w ng.
Perhaps the o! 's patience will not be
proof against this stoicism, and he may
weaken to comment on the outlook for
the calf crop, or why prices for cattle do
not increase with the retail quotations for
Bo a o
nto your ; for ty is.
as un in a man as diffidence
One can be civil, and it is not amiss to
proffer courtesy in season, albeit one
must proceed warily in this direction.
But woe unto diffidence! It isa step
down from courtesy. It indicates an in-
dividuals sense of unworthiness, and
men are prone to mistake it for a craven
spirit. Now, when a man feels and tacitly
acknowledges that he is not the equal of
the next, what is the use of living? Diffi-
dence usually gets in cowland what it
gets and merits elsewhere—scorn and
im;
Strange: i nervously ng on the
of the ranch and employ-
ed a tone he dared not have-used with
one of his own men.
“No, I have no job for Jou, This coun-
try is overrun with nesters already. They
never do an; Good day.”
He t his back and fell to work on
a cattle tally which was somewhat vague
owing to his wagon boss's of
computation. Hardin never failed to put
down at least half the figures of a day's
count, and then, through tenacious mem-
ory of the remainder, arrived at the total
by mental arithmetic. It is a serviceable
method, but confusing to any one not in
thes Mr. H sir,” his
'm t sorry, Mr. nf
caller a humbly. "We come a
long ways, and Goldse is ailing.”
t is why Hudspeth frowned at the | I
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"You're , ain't you?”
sneered nD "You-all be sure to
leave them buckets in the kitchen, now.
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“Got another spell, Goldie, girl?” Banty
inquired.
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water
gan would whir and flutter and perform
other alarming feats. Therefore, he was
Searls sympa and evinced a desire
to sym with Mrs. Banty.
“I find that a PY touch of rye, ma’am—"
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he began.
“We're temperance folks, Mr. Dave,”
her husband cut in, aghast. :
“That so? So am 1,” said Dave, with a
foolhardy fi of us. "Least:
ways, I ain't against temperance, so |
as you don't carry it too
now and then won't hurt any man.”
“I take a pinch of soda,” mur-
mured Mrs. ty sh Ethnic.
re Mrs. Dat ga: she set herself
30 shiciug Yaconanl din mise} 3 pan‘ol
The mare of witich Rant Jal busted
near by,
Srased peak 13: Tam,
uni the effects of an unbroken
haul of a heavy load. As she was nosing
near me in quest of a succulent tuft,
attention was attracted to her —
Around and between the ears, the hair
was eaten a in patches, evidently
the of an acid.
did she have blind staggers?” 1
a side and ten pounds of flour. I'm busy. queried
Good day.”
The thavaler arin What he was,
staring ta ly al 's back.
Perhaps he wanted 3 Hips and
Wellz: snapped the man at the desk;
“Yes, I'm a-going, Mr. Hudspe r,"
other cried.
“You mean those marks on her haid?
You done guessed it But I cured
her, though she was to die on me
once. Weren't you, ol’ om”
sweetheart
‘““'Pears to me she’s liable to drop an
time,” Reb opined. “That mare ain't
“Shut up, Reb,” Dave rebuked. “Shore
she's cured. Don’t you mind him, Miz’
Banty. Reb never had much sense any-
way, and since his hoss fell on him, he's
bad at times.”
. oY Jiotse vives tell oh ma Reb
pro-
hotly, “Look a-here, Dave, if you
in—"
“It ain't the first time either, Dave.”
“We aim to cross the desert and work
over into southern California,” said
Bante.
“No, sirree; it ain't the first time you
done said that, Dave.”
“That's a ty long Wave
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remarked
alert, | yhe cook, “mighty long. a hard jour-
ney for you, I reckon, Miz’ Banty; ain't
it
“Oh, I'm used to that,” said the little
woman.
“And if you ever say it ag'in, Dave,”
Reb concluded, “I'll bust you wide open.”
“Hello, Reb,” exclaimed the cook, in
Pleased surprise. “When did you get in?
swan, we thought you were on the
round-up.”
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paying
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over the inscrutable wa
tune, and murmured, “Well, well. Who'd |
Ong | the bottom of the wagon
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j Btifan i it fives heir Sols ag. _the lute
tempts prospectors. on
their heels Eoine the plodding farmer,whe
goes pa to work to wrest a
out of rng Ll ana diag
and wakes, some morning, to find that
Sivilization knocking at the door and |
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Banty had tried raising maize close to | stretch of powdery sand,
the Nations. No; the climate did not |
agree with him and his wife. |
easy.
ma
its effects were far from satisfactory. In
consequence they had of their | ing silence.
i- | that was years
ago.
"That land is selling at twenty dollars
observed.
an acre now,” I
a ny dollars. J San! Do Fol Ine '
that, ? This gen'I'man says "re
twenty dollars an acre for that asked,
land,” said Banty, his eyes glitter- | is a
ing. “And we done sold ours for three | swan!”
*Y. eds ea tie bad. | rid d halted. N should
es,” wife si ; “it's too bad. | utes’ riding, and ha 0 wagon u
And we done lost that nineteen hundred | have gone that way. It was far off the horse and a strawberry, represented Can-
itrack of travel, dangerously removed terbury. A gondola stood for Venice, etc.
The guests were given pencil and paper
Indeed, he did. Banty w his head | desert paths as we did. Reb looked at ' and asked to guess the places which the
of the jade For- | me and then at the marks of the wheels. | various people represented. Two rewards
“On said, clearing his Were given—one for the best representa-
as tried for to take ' tion and one for the most correct list of
Sloliare in New Mexico, you recollect,
have thought it?"
the Creator to be a cow country, and it
| is an iniquity that agriculturists should
| win it for corn and cotton and other
mainstays of life.
there was none to prove what, or who,
ropelled them. Much good would it
ve done him could he have proved it.
So once more he had gathered his scant
belongings into a wagon to set out for
that Promised Land.
“This is the last time; yes, sir,” cried
Banty, in his excited cracked tones.
“Where we're going now they say it's a
regular Garden of what the Good
Book tells about. All you have for to
do is to stir the ground some and you've
gota crop. Six cuttings of alfalfa in a
year; yes, sir.”
“And don’t forget how calm and peace-
ful it all is, Ed,” Goldie spoke up. “Don’t
you mind how Brother Ducey said they
- | were all so friendly? He said no man’s
hand was lifted against his neighbor,
brother Ducey did.
“Huh-huh,” Dave grunted. He had
given the recital his most earnest atten-
tion, and now he shook his head reprov-
ingly.
"Ely: avs just the way it is every time— | i
the way you done. It's what I've been :
telling these boys here for ten years,” he
eeclared. “Birds of a feather gather no
“What's that you say, Mr. Dave?”
“A rolling stone gathers no feathers,”
Dave corrected sternly. “You-all know
what I mean.”
It was near the dinner hour, and we
departed, after Reb had given the travel-
ers minute instructions as to where they
might expect to strike water in the des-
ert. He was extremely dubious over
their preparedness for venture. Reb
was convinced Mrs. Banty could not
survive it, and as much on our way
back to the bunkhouse with the buckets.
At this the cook emitted a scornful
la
oan me tired,” he told Reb
fiercely. “Of course she will. That Wr
packed re was no
especial need for haste, and they did it
slowly, Banty relieving his wife of what-
ever tasks he was able to perform. She
appeared listless and tired, but when he
insisted upon making a couch for her ini
him brightly. He go. she Jot at
m y. caught mare -
out effort; she was never proof against
ha
talked to her, much as one would
Suaniticl $0.30 infant from Wiioitia 1a).
was out of the He noticed
her eyes were , but it
only a touch of cold, and he did not care
to alarm the “girl.” Soon he began to
quaver a cowboy night-herd song:
“Oh, bury me not on the lone per-airie,
Where the wild ki-votes will howl o'er me.
Where the rattlesnakes hiss and the wind blows
free,
Oh, bury me not on the lone per-airie.”
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Vibon't you worry, Goldie, girl. We'll
strike it rich some ,” he comforted.
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moved lifelessly, |
me—brown wastes, |
FOR AND ABOUT
DAILY THOUGHT.
Live for something, bave a purpose,
And that purpose keep in view:
the cac- | Drifting like a helpless vessel,
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canst ne'er tolife be true.
wrecks that strew life's ocean,
tight- | If some star had been their guide,
fei in Might have long been riding safely—
nst the dust lifting about us in Bat ther i a I aig 3
—Robert Whitaker.
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“What a place! What a place!” Reb |
he “I reckon this was meant for : ; .
He had nothing to say against the cli- | hell, and the Lord done got merciful and This party was given for a girl who
te. It was a good enough climate, but | changed his mind. What do you think?” ‘vas to take a trip abroad.
We covered another five miles in sweat- The usual cards were sent out, except
| that they bore in the lower left-hand cor-
“Do you recollect ol’ Banty and his | ner the Se Ficue Weay Something
| wife?" sai "Thi f bring- | tO represen of .
| wife? sa eb, again no - | cards were then placed in the tiny, inch-
| wide suitcases that are sometimes used
ur « candy hozes, the name of ibe gir} for
“Of a land of peace and plenty?” he | Whom each case was intended being fas-
ing through split li “This | tened to the handle, like a baggage tag.
i Split lips. % When the guests arrived, each wore an
, emblem, as Reested. A girl in bright
il after t in- | green was easily recognized as Ireland.
We struck a wagon trail after ten min Another, with 3 pictare of a galloping
nhandle. All!
woman out here! Do yo
were always talking—
“Talking of what?"
t fine country to look foritin, I;
unless one knew the
“Some fool h.
This was a worn-out tale to us, one of ' short cut.”
. | little meaning. Nesters came and nesters |
went. If they did not go soon enou
sometimes furnished the impetus;
i _ A geographical game came next in or-
He shook the canteen that was slung der. With the company seated in a ring,
, of | fiom the horn of his saddle: it was full. a player gave the name of a city, moun-
course, the Southwest was intended by | We veered to the right and foliowed the ' tain, river, lake or anything else geograph-
wanderers’ trail. The skeleton of a dog ! ical, located in any part of the world.
The next player then had to supply a
name beginning with the final letter of |
the given word, and the third in turn
give one beginning with the last letter of
the word mentioned by the second, etc.,
jas for example:
Dover, Rochester, Russia, Al
player, as his turn came, had to give his
word within half a minute, or drop out
of the game. The one who kept his place
longest was the
“Got any water!”
we |
lay beside a cactus, and there were buck- |
shot in the skull. i
i “Uh-huh,” said Reb. “Somebody done
Banty had fenced a quarter section near | his mongrel. Bit by a rattler,
El Captain Mountains, and, with this as a | It ‘pears to me I've seen that dog be
base of operations, had put his nest-egg | fore!”
in sheep. But the sheep had dived over | ;
a cliff on a night of rocking storm, and! We took up the thread again. It was
sinfully hot, and I was sick. We did not
Directly in our path
was the carcass of a horse, the sightless |
eyes and bared teeth uniting in a grin at could at any time challenge any other
us. Buzzards had stripped it to the hide | player to locate the place he named. If |
and bones. A wagon, canvas-topped, set-
mournfully in the sand. Reb ap-|
ery
“Hello, in there,” he called.
“Don’t be a fool,” I said angrily.
look at each other.
yer challenged could not comply, |
had Io pay a forfeit, which was re-
After this, the girls began to tell the |
There was no answer, and he called | story of the adventures in store for the
again. Then he shoved his head inside traveler. Se of the gis began the |
like one who fears | story, making it up as went along
hen she stopped, and the girl at her left |
took it up, stopping at a certain point for
one else to go on, until every one
what he may The wagon was emp- | t
ty, save for some blankets, and an ax and
a spade and a few cooking utensils.
There was nothing to be said, and we
went forward. Before us, very clear in’
the sand, were prints of feet—two pairs
room where refreshments were |
| rye had betu heavufely desorated, |
| The national was festooned about | : Foi ha
“There ain't any water that way,” the chandelier over the table, which was | severe. Even at its best ventilation in
my companion. lighted by means of candles with crepe
1 said. | The centerpiece was a
1 of water on which a toy sailboat
Roated, bearing on its Rv the Dame of
of a body. But the larger marks traveler's steamer. Narrow ribbons
; only they were ens ol Soon of red, white and blue led from this to |
we saw that they dragged--oh, so wearily. | the corners of the table. On entering |
A wide indentation in a heap of dust | each girl was given the name of a coun- |
seemed to indicate that the two had rest- | try and had to seat herself by finding its
ed there; then the long uneven foot!
prints wound away, curving among the |
A mile, and one set of foot prints van-
ished. At this point the san
Pretty silk ones, laid at each place, |
uty both as placecards and as favors.
Toy suitcases were again used to hold
salted peanuts.
At the end of the meal a much belabel-
“Shut | ed suitcase was brought in and placed |
| before the traveler. While the company
hummed "Auld Lang Syne,” the guest of
the bag and found
such gifts as a pin roll, bathroom slip-
pers, a collar bag, etc., all of, which weuld |
prove useful on a jouaney. A clever |W
to each article, was read
— Pictorial Review.
“God, he's carrying her ag'in,” said
Reb, in a whisper.
“Carrying who?” 1 snarled.
They led in a huge semicircle now, and
we came to another spot where the pair
had been compelled to
had lain flat. We
for night would soon shut
Reb pulled in.
Some one had traced letters in the
sand. It is a familiar story in the west
that, in the madness of thirst,
will rave and sing and scrawl
for help where help can not reach;
but Reb andl had scoffed at such tales
as old wives’
“What is it?” he mumbled.
it, Looan’t seem to see, somehow.”
ly I spelled out the words:
“yjr—Father."
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in white linen on which a design
is carried out in soutache braid.
The new figure ought to be the satis-
olution of a oft-discussed nd
eren question, for as
i ded fas te
Feorotn. becomes banished.
ere is another eminently satisfactory
ol te utes, the natural
acceptance o na
means that instead of
bodies of all into a more or less close
ideal, to each is given the re-
spect due to the individuality, and it be-
gones the Sresstnakier’s duty to secure
or it elegance it possesses.
renowned
together, to
themselves inlieu of it with a
sheath that in no way inteferes
i with the supple grace of their young
frames.
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or: Salad.-Seal Lal Tox of
na generous t of water,
juice of two lemons and two Supp of
sugar. Bring to a boil and strain.
cool pour over two
walnuts (meats) as nearly whole
ice till it sets.
Serve with whipped cream.
~—Subscribe for the WATCHMAN,
FARM NOTES.
—A good liniment for all kinds of
swellings on dairy cows, as well as on all
other farm animals, is made by mixing
equal parts of turpentine, sweet oil and
spirits of camphor. Apply liberally and
frequently to the swollen parts.
—Bees are the only producers known
to husbandry that yield a profit without
cost of feed. They find their own pas-
tureage. They multiply so rapidly that
they more than pay for the small initial
expense of housing them, and the first
cost of equipment is almost trifling.
—The character of the mole's teeth
show that he belongs to the carnivorous
class of animals, and, though at times he
may take a little vegetable food, his reg-
ular diet is undoubtedly the larvae of in-
sects and earth worms. Place before one
of them a cutworm and see how fiercely
he will attack it.
—The surface mulch of all small fruits
is very valuable, especially with berries.
Success with small fruits, other things
being equal, lies in keeping the soil clean
and moist during the fruiting season. A
good mulch of straw or other litter along
the rows will hold the moisture in dry
weather and promote heavy and perfect
fruiting.
—The mare in foal may be worked
moderately up to foaling time, when she
should have about two weeks’ rest. Allow
her and the foal to run on hill or dry
land jasture. When again put to werk
she Id go slow fora few days, till she
has had full time to regain her normal
strength and hardiness of muscles. Rush-
ing horses of any kind never pays.
—The question of “building up the old
farm” may best be summed up by quot-
ing Professor Cavanaugh. of Cornell i
cultural College: * the farmer
ears how 3 conserve or ammonia of
the urine and manures, and by growing
leguminous plants for plowing under to
increase the nitrogen or vegetable matter
of the soil, then only will our farms be
brought to their highest productiveness.”
—There are two elements which can-
not be ignored in the building up of
healthful and profitable live stock—
namely, sunlight and ventilation. The
one is just as important as the other.
They go hand in hand. No matter what
other aid may be given toward the mnain-
tenance of animals and their preservation
in good health, sunlight and a good sys-
tem of ventilation cannot be overesti-
mated.
The old method of stabling in cellar
barns is now practically out of date, es-
pecially where the winters are long and
these cellar barns is imperfect, while, as
| to sunlight, it is out of the question.
| Surely such an arrangement for stabling
| dairy cattle is undesirable, both from a
health standpoint and on their milk.
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soil might eno if properly
constructed. A door 10 or 12 feet wide
could be left open and reached by cutting
down and carting away the soil to the
th and depth required and then
| building a stone wall on each side of the
| entrance out to the level ground or near-
ly so. On the south side have a wind-
break of stone or timber erected 15 feet
beyond where these stone walls are built,
i such windbreaks to be 12 feet long and
i running due east and west with wings,
| each of which should be six feet long, one
; running southeast and the other south-
est.
This would be an admirable under-
f ground shelter for growing stock. Young
| stock properly fed and cared for will, as
Braids will play an important part in |
the trimming of tub frocks for the warm | be a continuous supply of fresh air, but
weather, and indeed they deserve this | care should always be taken to have such
popularity, since no trimming is smarter
or more easily applied, according to the
Perhaps the newest of these are the
open mercerized cotton varieties,
some of which closely resemble the square
meshed filet lace, without the embroidery, !
a matter of course, take outdoor exercise
for themselves. Otherwise there should
barns or stables perfectly drained.
However, underground stables are not
to be recommended, as a rule. In unsat-
iotucony ventilation the gis becomes viti-
a ess special care is taken, as men-
tioned above.
To do their best dairy cattle need an
evenness of temperature in a barn. It
braids | should be neither too hot nor too cold.
When required to stand in a barn that is
EX173 Walt they Set up a aurtol warm,
unpleasant animal This may be
the case with the thermometer below
zero.
Supposing the case of cattle during cold
winter weather, kept in an Do
barn, turned out to water at a time while
the | tilation and sunlight will aid every class
of stock, but just at the time there is the
f either in a convenient form is
time in which dairy cows are
he shortest ting Soh Sours
special plea or su t an
ir for this of cows in cu-
first-class ration for a ry cow,
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ly known. As a result most of the work
usual for contagious diseases to reappear
after disinfection, thus causing many to
lose faith in its value.
Sunlight is one of the most valuable
&'ds to disinfection. Disease germs can-