Bellefonte, Pa., August 23, 1912.
FARM NOTES.
—If you have not aiready done so by
all means requeen all colonies with young
queens, as this will in a large measure
prevent swarming next season.
—For comb honey a hive a little more
shallow in the brood nest than the regular
body is preferable, as it forces the
up into sections just where it is wan
—Ther are some 800,000 beekeepers in
the United States. More than 500,000
are farmers who keep bees as a side line,
obtaining honey for home use and a small |
trade. : |
—Onions to keep well must be stored |
in a cool and dry place. A little freezing |
does not necessarily hurt them if they
are not exposed to frequent freezing and |
thawing. i
—Clean out the chaff and hayseeds on |
the barn floor and scatter it over bare |
places in the lots and pastures. This |
scattered seed represents good money |
value, and it should be put to good pur- |
pose.
—If you want spinach for use in early !
spring, at the time when dandelion greens |
are ripe, sow seed in September or Oc- |
tober. Frequently it does not winter
well, especially it not protected by cover- |
ing lightly with litter. {
—Whatever form of lime is used, if it
is in a fine condition, either as the result
of grinding or of slaking, the best meth-
od of applying it to the soil is by the use
of a iime spreader. The ordinary fertil-
izer drill does not spread any of these
materials well except the very finely-
ground limestone. i
—Where practicable the fruit orchards
should be planted in autumn. Among |
the principal advantages are leisure time,
better physical condition of soil and the
early establishment and consequent ear-
lier growth of trees. Owing to its less |
hardy nature the peach is to be excepted |
irom the fall planting. i
—Not very long ago fifteen tons of |
cold-storage butter from Chicago was
seized by the federal authorities at Jer- |
sey City, New York. It was on its way |
to the restaurants of New York, and its
rankness was noticeble even to people |
i
alongside the train. The railroad em-
ployees objected to handling it, and the |
butter was sent to the dump. |
—There is no better time than the lat- i
ter part of September for making the
colonies strong in bees and stores for |
their long winter's sleep, and in this re-
Shect “a stitch in time is worth nine.”
le there will be little brood reared
the last of this month, yet the weaker
colonies may be strengthened by giving
them frames of sealed brood and bees
from the stronger ones, and this can be
safely done.
—The diversification of crops for the
purpose of distributing labor throughout
the year needs little if any comment.
However, it is doubtful if the full bene-
fits of scientific diversification are attain-
ed in every instance. We have known
men who would put in a large acreage of
one variety of oats or one variety of
wheat,whereas labor could be used much
more advantageously if more than one
variety were used, so that harvest time
could be extended over a longer period.
One reason wily winter wheat i’ increas-
ing in popularity is because it ripens ear-
ly, thereby enabling the farmer with a
given amount of help to harvest a larger
crop during the year than would be the
case if only spring grains were seeded.
—The results of different treatments
of hogs came to my notice last spring,
when a neighbor sold two average pigs
eight weeks old to a man who did not
have any other hogs, says a West Virginia
correspondent of the American Agricul-
turist. He bought the two hogs to make
pork the next fall and, of course, wanted
to give them a good chance to do their
best. were fed wheat middlings,
milk and scraps from the table, in addi-
tion to the pasture thay gathered.
were grade Chester ites, farrowed in
April. These two pigs dressed
The pigs that had not been sold and
out of the Sane lier were allowed to
tered at about the same time as the other
two they only weighed sixty-five or sev-
enty pounds each. There was a differ-
ence of nearly 100 between these
well fed hogs and r mates not so fed,
and it was wholly due to different treat.
ments. It is easy to see which was the
more economical pork prod
well cared for hog or the one which
yaough feed to barely live until fatten.
ing time. The difference in value was
almost $10, as sold at 10 cents
pound P05 hork The two well ed
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WILL MEAN A BIG SAVING
Pittsburgh Commission Takes Lead In
Showing That Rivers Have a Real
Money Value to Pennsyivania—Pow-
er Development a Feature.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 22.—That the next
legislature will take a comprehensive
grasp of the water problems of Penn-
sylvania wil] be one of the principal
results of the work of the Flood Com-
mission of Pittsburgh, which recently
spent $125,000.00 in finding out how
the millions of cubic feet of water that
annually cause damage and disaster
in the form of floods can be made a
financial asset to the state. While the
studies of the Flood Commission re-
late particularly to the western end
of the state, its conclusions are ap-
plicable wherever rivers exist which
do not keep within tl.eir channel] lines
throughout the entire year.
The cod Commission has found
that floods in the Allegheny, Monon.
gahela and the upper part of the Ohio
river can be absolutely preventel by
the holding back of the flood waters
in reservoirs. The prevention of
floods alone would warrant the ex-
pense of building these reservoirs, but
it also has been discovered that the
water held back can be made to pro-
duce wealth to the state. It also has
become evident through studies that
what can be done on the western riv-
ers can be done on all the rivers and
streams in Pennsylvania.
If the state takes a firm grasp upon
its water resources at the next ses-
sion of the legislature the destructive
floods will be a thing of the past and
the water that formerly did so much
| damage will be used to benefit naviga-
tion, to develop water power and to
improve the quality for domestic and
manufacturing purposes. That the Re-
publican party in the state realizes the
| importance of taking up the water
question is evidenced by the follow-
| ing plank in the platform adopted at
the last Republican state convention:
“Particularly do we deem it advis-
able for the State of Pennsylvania to
take a firm grasp upon its water prob-
lems. Transportation, flood preven-
tion, reclamation, sewerage, water
power and other incidents of water
flow are questions of extreme import-
ance to the commonwealth. While
these quesfions present different as-
pects from the national the state and
the municipal viewpoints, their solv-
tion cannot be adequately and efi-
clently effected except by some plan
of harmonious and co-operative action.
The State of Pennsylvania, standing as
it does between the federal govern-
ment with multitudinous demands
pressing upon it, and the counties and
municipalities, with their limited pow-
ers, must take the lead in the prepa-
ration of a comprehensive plan of de-
velopment. We pledge the enactment
of laws permitting and providing for
joint action and joint contribution of
funds for these purposes. We pledge
immediate state appropriations for
the improvement of the Delaware riv-
er and the port of Phliadelphia and
for flood prevention in the western
part of the state.”
The Democratic party also realized
the importance of this subject as fol-
lows:
“We commend the special studies
of flood conditions such as that re-
cently concluded in the western part
of the state and urge the enactment
of legislation carrying into effect the
recommendations that have been
made for the control of floods, for
increasing the navigable flow of riv-
ers, for the development of water pow-
er and for bettering the sanitary
conditions of our rivers. We advocate
the co-operation of the State of Penn-
sylvania with the counties of the state
and with the national government in
the construction of storage reservoirs
and other works to carry the above
outlined benefits into effect, believing
that these are matters in which the
state is vitally interested.”
It is expected that this action of the
two big political parties in the state
which followed shortly after the pub-
lication of the report of the Flood
Commission will have the effect of
passing the necessary laws at the next
session of the legislature.
The Pennsylvania Floods. .
The devastation and ruin wrought
by the Pennsylvania floods merely
represent the inevitable working of
cause and effect. Until the people of
the middle states build storage reser-
voirs powerful enough to hold the an-
nual floods these distressing inunda-
tions are certain to occur. The couu-
try has been stripped of its protec-
tion of forest. The watersheds are a
huge sink, collecting the rainfall in
one irresistible torrent. The condi-
tions will never grow better in that
regard until the forests are brought
back into existence, and that will take
a generation's work and care to ac-
complish. Meanwhile nothing can
save the denuded sections from these
catastrophes until the people build
great storage reservoirs to protect the
lower valleys from the forty-foot rise
—Boston Advertiser.
The Only Way.
Upton Sinclair, commiserating with
f& young poet, argued: “It is exceed.
fagly difficult in this commercial age
for a poet to make a living by his
pen. The only way for him to do so
in fact, is to keep pigs.”
¥
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
How P. 7. Barnum Came Near
Humbugging Himself.
Great American Showman Paid Doe
tors to Certify to His Sanity When
He Wished to Make
Wis Will
By E. J. EDWARDS.
While P. T. Barnum, the great ssow-
man, not only humbugged the Ameri-
can people, but also openly confessed
it, saying that they were fond of be-
ing humbugged, there was one Ameri-
can citizen whom he was careful nev-
er to humbug, and that one was Phin-
eas Taylor Barnum. Yet, discreet and
cunning though he was as a business
man, almost invariably getting the
best of every business deal in which
he took part, with the result that he
accumulated a fortune of some four
or five millions of dollars, there was
a time when he all but humbugged
himself as completely as he ever did
the American publie.
The late John Platt, who in his day
was esteemed one of the ahlest,
shrewdest and most honorable lawyers
practicing before the New York bar, |
was a sort of general counsel for Mr. !
Barnum for years, with satisfactory |
financial results to both parties con- |
cerned.
One day Mr. Barnum, all excitament
and enthusiasm, bounded into Mr.
Platt's office. He pulled from a pock-
et what looked like a legal paper and
waved it before the lawyer.
“Mr. Platt,” he cried, ‘I've hit upon
a plan which will put a stop to any
attempt to contest my will in case any
one should be disposed to go to law
over the way I have left my money.”
“What's the occasion of all this pre-
caution?” asked Mr. Platt.
“Well, you see,” was the reply, “I
notice that there are a good many will
contests these days. There was one
recently down in Connectieut, near
where I live. They actually broke the
will on the ground that the maker of
it was not mentally competent—didn’t
know what he was about—when he
drew up the will,
“Now, when I read of that, I sald
to myself, ‘Nobody has ever accused
you, P. T. Barnum, of not knowing
what you're about while you're alive,
but there is no telling what they may
say of you after you're dead. You'd
better fix it so that they can't cook
up any story of that kind nn you when
you are in your grave and can't ans-
wer back.’ And,” triumphantly tapping
the legal-looking document, “I've done
it—I've done it, Mr. Plats.”
“How have you done it?” inquired
the lawyer.
“Oh,” rattled on Mr. Barnum, “I
went to see two of the best known
doctors in New York on medical mat-
ters and insanity, and I sald to them,
‘ want you to give me a certificate
that I'm all right mentally, perfectly
competent to make a will’ So they
asked me a few questions, and
thumped my head, and said that I
was all right, and gave me the certifi-
cate, and I defy anybody to break my
will when a certificate of that kind is
shown.”
‘““Barnum,” sald Mr. Platt, looking
up into the glowing countenance of
his client, “on that statement I'd
break the will for fifty dollars.”
“Eh, what! You would? How?"
stammered the nonplussed showman.
“Why,” retorted Mr. Platt, “all I'd
have to do would be tp go into court
and show that you were so doubtful
of your own mental competency to
make a will that you hired two doc-
tors to tell you exactly what you
wanted to have them tell you; and un-
der these circumstances the certificate
wouldn't be worth the paper it is writ-
ten upon.”
For several minutes Mr. Barnum
was completely taken Aback and said
nothing. “Why,” he exploded at last,
“I came pretty near humbugging my-
self, didn't I?" Then he tore up the
precious certificate, and, I believe,
made an entirely new will.
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards).
The Food Faddist's Fix.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was con-
gratulated in his office recently on the
fact that he, like the poet Maeterlinck
and other famous men, has taken to
the motocycle.
“And has motocycling benefited
your health?” his ceéngratulisor, a
journalist, ventured to ask.
“I think it has,” Mr. Rockefeller re-
plied. “I won't ask you, though, to
take note of my clear eye and good
color, or I might find myself in the
food faddist's fix.
“A food faddist was lecturing to a
large audience on the marvelous re-
sults to be obtained from chewing
soup or eating nut butter or some-
thing of that kind. He was not a
Fine job Printing.
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that we can not do in the
communicate with this office.
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Insurance.
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or
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(Successor to D. W. Woodring.)
Fire,
Life
and
Automobile
None but Reliabie Companies Represented.
Surety Bonds of All Descri
Insurance
ptions.
Both Telephones 5627.y BELLEFONTE, PA
JOHN F. GRAY
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
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position to write
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THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
Fire Insurance
a invite Joe attention to my Fire Insur,
Copies epaent
H. E. FENLON,
Agent, Bellefonte, Pa.
50-21.
Groceries.
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CURTIS Y, WAGNER
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
S ROR Aer ta gs
N B. i all the Courts Consatarion i Engliah
Gifice in Crider's Exchabgs
S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor
Law. ce. § Garman House Hock, Beer
vended ot iors; All kinds a
J Homes and Counsellor at Law
to
Office No. 11, Crider's Exchange,
.. All kinds of legal business
M. KEICHLINE—Att .at- y
in all the courts. Ey ja in
and . Office
Manufactures and has on hand at all times the | =
following brands of high grade
WHITE STAR
OUR BEST
HIGH GRADE
VICTORY PATENT
FANCY PATENT
The ont inthe where that .
he culls. Place inthe qouny whole wal extsor.
SPRAY
can be secured. Also International Stock Food
UrCand feed of all Kinds.
All kinds of Grain bough office Flour
exchanged for wise. ght at the
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
MILL AT ROOPBSURG.
Saddlery.
will save you some
on a set of Single Harness.
is u you to make us
Io quality at less. money. with a
gualantee to be 48 represented 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
which has no equal for less than $17.
To insure
st Re Should
be mailed upon request,
Address all communications to
E. N. SCHOFIELD,
Mail Order
Pa.
to which he will his
cheerfully give his prompt
GUARANTEE—The above goods
resented or money Refunded. =
James Schofield,
Spring Street 55-32 Bellefonte, Pa
Groceries.
flavor
Sech
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
at 25 cents
This isa GENUINE BARGAIN.
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 here
for the price charged. Give us a fair trial on our coffees
and you will find the proof in the goods.
er &
per pound.
Company,
57-1 - Bellefonte Pa,
tvwvrveve
Lime and Crushed Limestone.
Bush House Block, -
very imposing person physically, but,
swelling out his chest, he slapped it
thrice with his palm and cried:
“ ‘Friends, two years ago I was a
walking skeleton—a haggard, miser-
able wreck. Now what do you sup-
pose brought about this great change
in me?
“He paused to let his words sink in,
and a voice asked:
“‘What change?” — Washington
Star.
Only the Proper Nouns.
“Please, teacher!”
“Well, Gwendoline?” .
“I told my ma I was in nouns and |
sle says I may learn the proper
nwuns, but she don’t want me to have
anything to do with the common
ones."
We are the
imestone and Lime
H-0 Increase Your Crops H:0
Lime is the life of the soil.
USE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME
Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results. If you are notgetting results use “H. 0.” lime
Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground
all purposes.
Works at Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Mcadows, Tyrone Forger and Union Furnace.
Write for literature on lime.
- AMERICAN LIME &
iv ©. Offices at TYRONE, PA.
STONE COMPANY.
WwW 5 Site College Dulin: ian and 5 Sites
—— —
Dentists.
R. J. E. WARD, D. D, S., office next door
! A ros dig) oiice nuxt dior te
ing teeth Say adgiinistered {or painless extrat
wn
R. H. W. TATE, Dentist, ih
D the Bush rs mreon Deal ba. a,
ern electric used.
and x
ESTAURANT.
tau efonte now has a First-Class Res.
Meals are Served at All Hours
Bf, Reve, Orie ot
be had in a Re a ay a Th ad:
dition I ha lant prepared
Soft in bottles such 2a
iif
POPS,
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
fi x fami gener-
1 fails snd ul aver
roperly carbonated.
the purest syrups and pi
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
50-32-1y. High St., Bellefonte, Pa.
— Plumbing. J
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
‘When you dri steam pipes,
Pn, LS Si
ml ou ren ben
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind do. It
Sus Bare ode he ot, ind,
no better anywhere. Sur
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not acheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. And with good
finest material, our Worked tie
Prices are lower
than many who
work and the re rane oF Sor: Jnaaniacy
try
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa.
56-14-1v.
Coal and Wood.
EDWARD K. RHOADS
Shipping and Commission
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE aAnp BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains,
— BALED HAY AND STRAW
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 Statiom.
1618 Teleshone Calis: {GSN Hihony
Meat Market.
Get the Best Meats.
of ShSive nothing by Suviod voor, tin!
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
RO uns runt
Fi Send Fonts” 5 05 See
I alwavs 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.
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