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ollefonte, Pa, March 2, 1923.
FARM NOTES.
—Wrap small trees with wood ve-
neer, heavy building paper or screen
wire.
— Cherries do not like wet feet, and
will not bear if planted on badly-
drained soil.
—The cheapest way to protect out-
standing haystacks from stock is to
wrap six-foot woven wire fencing
- around the stack.
—While pruning fruit trees in win-
ter a little may be done toward rid-
ding our orchards of pests. Probably
what looks like nothing more than a
_ bunch of the dead leaves hanging to
the tip of a branch in the apple tree
may prove upon examination to be a
cocoon of brown-tailed caterpilliar. It
requires but a moment to get them
while pruning and that may mean
from 50 to 300 less brown tailed
moths next summer. The bud moth
winters in the same way. Cocoons are
usually conspicuous enough to be seen
by the least observant, but egg mass-
es will be overlooked if not closely
watched for, and it is in the egg stage
that some of the worst pests pass the
winter. That ring of brown eggs
around a twig was undoubtedly de-
posited there by either an orchard tent
caterpillar or its cousin, the forest
tent caterpillar. In either case the
twig should be removed and burned.
Empty cocoons covered with white
egg-masses must be gathered and
burned, for they are the eggs of tus-
sock moths. Twig pruners and twig-
girdlers spend the winter in limbs
that have fallen from the trees. All
such should be burned before spring.
The dormant spray of winter and the
arsenical sprays of spring will kill
many of the pests, but a few moments
at pruning time will make the job
easier and surer.
—The importance of a hot-bed is
too well known to call for any expla-
nation. It is the economical founda-
tion for any successful garden. It
must be located on the south side of a
building along a stone wall or some
other protected place.
As hot-bed sash are usually six
feet long and three in width, the
frame must be mude accordingly. If
only a small bed is desired, then a
frame of the size of one sash (6x3
feet) is sufficient. If a larger one is
desired it might be made for two sash-
es (6x6 feet), and so on. These
frames had best be made from one-
inch planks, of chestnut if possible.
_ The two sides should be 16 and 10
inches high, respectively. The 16-
inch side may be made one on 10-inch
and a six-inch plank, held together by
cleats with a long strip on the out-
side to close up the crack. The high
side of the bed must be to the north.
Make the two ends six feet long and
16 inches high on one end and 10 inch-
es high on the other, to be fastened at
the corners by spikes or corner irons.
Cut in notches every three feet for
cross-bar supports. The latter are
pieces six feet in length. The sides
will be strengthened and held better
in place if these pieces and the notch-
es in the edge of the side plank are
made dovetail. Besides, these cross-ties
furnish a place for the sash to rest and
close the opening where the sash
come together. Onthe lower side of
this strip nail another about four inch-
es shorter and edgewise to the first,
which will not only stiffen it but also
help prevent sagging.
After the frame is ail complete a pit
should be dug four inches smaller than
the size of the frame, so as to have a
shoulder for its support. Supposing
the frame above ground is six by
twelve feet, this pit would be 5 feet
8 inches by 11 feet 8 inches.
The length of time and the time of
year through which the hot-bed is to
be operated will determine the depth
of the pit. For instance, if the hot-
bed is to be started in February and
continued until danger of frost is past
it would be necessary to dig the pit
about three feet deep. Slope the sides
a little and there will not be so much
Ae HEL action.
Alter the pit is dug the frame i
over it and filled with leaves. Thess
will not fill with ice and snow badly.
and may be removed any time during
the winter when operations are to be-
gin. When starting in spring, the
leaves are taken out and put in com-
post heap to help form vegetable fer-
Hizey with other manures.
revious to filling the pit
horse manure, re the hil
is piled up to set it fermenting even.
ly. When steaming well, the pile is
turned so that the inside of the first
pile becomes the outside of the new
pile. In about a week the pile will
steam again, and it is then when it is
put into the pit. It is. carefully lev-
eled and packed down till within four
or five inches of the surface of the
ground.
On top of this manure several inch-
es of rich soil is placed, full of humus,
and the surface of the soil in the bed
is about even with the surface of the
land outside. It is then well wet
‘down, the sash put on, and thus allow-
ed to remain for several days until
the heat begins to subside.
_ When watering the plants in the
hot-bed enough water should be ap-
plied to soak the soil well: and then
withheld for a few days till the soil
again appears to be dry. Water must
never be heavily dashed on the bed.
Use 2 small watering can for the pur-
pose.
Tha sash mnst not he left on all
the time. or the temnerature will get
so high that it will weaken the plants.
Fach day the dash should be slightly
raised so as to admit frech air and to
cool off the air inside. This will help
keep it even. Toward evening, when
the air outside heromes cooler, the
sash must be lnwered again to retain
the heat that is arising from the de-
caving mannrn, >
Watering shenld he done in the
morning, when the temnerature is ris-
ing. A blanket at night in extréme-
ly cold weather will give needed pro-
‘ tection.
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ANCIENTS HAD ‘DRUG STORES’ |
>rincipal Studies of Toxicoleglste,
However, Were Confined to Find-
ing Antidotes to Poisons.
The earliest pharmacopeia, or collec- |
tiori of formulas, showing evidence or
supervision over drugs, is a
work. A Roman one was written in
¢2 A. D., and the next was an Arabian
work written in 900 A. D. In Naples
an academy was founded in the Ilev-
enth century, and Salerno had one in
the Seventh century. Through the in-
fluence of these schools drug stores,
called “stationares,” were established
throughout Italy.
Antidotes and disinfectants, classed
with the opiates, were the main reme-
dies In the time of Cordus. The prin-
cipal representatives of those were
the two electuaries, “Therius” and
“Mithridat.” Mithridat was a com-
pound invented by Mithridas Eupator,
king of Pontus, who lived in constant
fear of poison and studied toxicology
by testing poisons on criminals and
taking their antidotes himself every
day.
His system became so accustomed
to poisons that when, on the day of
his defeat by Pompey, he attempted to
poison himself, the poison failed and
he ordered one of his soldiers to kill
him. Pompey found the recipe, and
it was improved upon by Damocrates,
the physician of Nero, until it con-
tained 55 ingredients.
FORTUNE BECKONS TO SAILCR
Always in the Minds of Whalers ls
the Possibility of a Find of
Precious Ambergris.
Ambergris is one of the most valu-
able products of the sea, The mariner
who spies floating on the waves a
grayish mass, fatty in appearance,
will, if he knows what ambergris is,
betray considerable excitement, for
the substance fetches high price.
Capt. James Earle of New Bedford,
Mass., is said to have been the luckiest
of all skippers in the old whaling
days.
From a single sperm whale he real-
ized over $100,000. It was not the 90
barrels of oil which gave the leviathan
its extraordinary value, for that was
sold for something like $4,000; but
within the whale’s vast interior there
was found a solid piece of ambergris
weighing 780 pounds.
This was the largest single piece of
ambergris ever found, and that it
came from one-lone whale made the
discovery more interesting to the
scientific world.
This 780-pound piece of ambergris
was sold in chunks in all markets of
the world for about $100,000, and it
lald the foundation of wealth for al-
most every man interested In the
whaling=expedition.
No “Old Maids” in Russia.
A Russian girl of much over twen-
ty who is unmarried (unless she is a
nun) feels herself, and is thought to
be, deeply disgraced. In Russia there
are no old maids. Every woman in
Russia marries or pretends to marry,
be she princess or peasant.
Russian girl realizes that no one is
coming to woo her, she leaves home.
The peasant girl goes on a pilgrim-
age, settles in some distant district
as a widow, or returns home saying
that she married while away, and
that her husband died during the
honeymoon.
The young lady goes upon far trav-
els. In a year or two her friends
hear that she has married abroad—
an Englishman, an Italian, or an
American. A year or two more and
she returns to Russia, an inconsolable
widow. And she is never asked em-
barrassing questions. For in Russia
nothing is considered in worse form
than to mention a dead man to his
living widow.
Civil War Conscription.
During the Civil war both sides re-
sorted to conscription. May 3, 1863,
the Federals passed a law calling
every able-bodied citizen of military
age into service. However, many per-
sons were able to buy themselves oft
on payment of $300, or by obtaining a
substitute. In July of the same year
the Union called all men between
eighteen and forty-five into active
service, without provision for exemp-
tion. In February, 1864, the law was
extended to include all between seven-
teen and fifty. Unpopularity of con-
scription caused draft riots in New.
{
York and other places.
The first Confederate conscription
law of April, 1862, annulled all con-
tracts for volunteers for short terms,
holding them for two years, and made
every white male between eighteen
and twenty-five liable to service at a
moment's notice. In September, 1862,
the law was extended to all men be-
tween eighteen and forty-five.
Animal Sees Itself in Mirror,
A mirror is one of the toys which
monkeys delight to play with, All
animals can see a reflection in a
glass, if it is held in the right posi-
tion, that is, at an angle at which
their eyes can focus upon it. Hven
then, however, it may net recognize
the image. The reflection has, it is
true, form, but it lacks other charac-
teristics, such as smell, and many
beasts will turn away bored from
what looks something like an animal,
but obviously isn’t. On the other
hand, another animal will recognize
the image as one of its kind, and will
exhibit every symptom of curiosity,
fear, or hate. But In no case does
the animal appear to recognize the
reflection as that of itself:
Sanseric
When a |
$p Some Town Authorities in
America.
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Possiisly a Little of This Might Wake
uU
! It appears that when one has lived
ir China for some time and studied its
1 jnstitutions the one thought that
strikes him is the feeling of resnonsi-
bility that pervades every phase of
Chinese life. This sense of responsi-
{ bility makes useless the ordinary ex-
cuses that weigh with American or
European.
Two men wera gambling in an ob-
scure part of one town, in a room hid-
den away from observation. A dis-
pute arose over the game; it ended in
a fight, and one of them got a fatal
stab. It was 2 o'clock in the morning
when the incident took place. The
whole city was asleep, and the tipao,
the headman of the ward, and his
family were in bed, so that he was en-
tirely unaware of what was going on.
His protestations were received with a
sneer and with the remark, “Well, you
ought to have known.”
“But how could I?” he asked.
“Never mind, now,” was the official
answer: “that is your business. The
ward is in your charge and you are
the responsible person to look after
i.”
With that he was thrown upon his
face and a couple of sturdv lictors,
who had been looking at him with
hungry and expectant eyes, proceeded
to administer with their bamboos a
Jesson in the art of ruling a ward that
would keep him in a recumbent posi-
tion for at least a week to come. —Iix-
: change.
DANCE IS PART OF CEREMONY
Norwegian Wedding Weuld Not Be
Complete Without the Merriment
That Custom Has Prescribed.
There is nothing Norwegians love as
they love dancing. At a wedding cele-
bration three generations often dance
together, and the bridegroom dances
with each of his bachelor friends.
Then he is lifted high upon their
shoulders, and they run and jump
with him, over chairs and stools, upon
tables and chests, out of windows,
through doors. After them run all the
married men present, except the two
newly made fathers-in-law. Then
{ comes a mad but good-natured scram-
bie. Rach side—married against un-
married—fight to secure the bride-
groom, the Benedicts, of course, al-
, WAFS winning in the end.
| When this is all over, the bride-
groom stands quietly among the mar-
ried men, while the bride “dances off
her crown.” She is blindfolded, and
after a time lifts the crown from her
“head and places it upon the head of
"any maiden she can contrive to reach
and securely crown. The girl thus se-
lected steps into the center of a ripg
, formed by the celebrators, who sing:
“She will be married next; she will be
married next.’—Detroit News.
Fish Uses Fins as Feet.
A walking fish inhabits some of
the small streams of St, Thomas is-
land.
The head is somewhat like that of
the ordinary freshwater sucker, with
'a round, full-lipped mouth and no
‘teeth. Just back of the head, on
' either -side, is a large, well-developed
fin, armed wth a strong bony spike.
, The fish use these fins to crawl or
| “elbow” their way out of the water
jand to cling to half-submerged logs
"and stumps. The name “walking
fish” is derived from this faculty of
actually walking or climbing out of
the water. : x
| Perhaps the strangest - feature of
all is the tail, which is soft and bone-
less, and composed almost entirely of
‘a most delicate arterial network, for
it is through the tail that this fish
secures its necessary supply of oxy-
| gen while out of the water. While in
| the water respiration takes place
| through the gills, as with other fish.
i As long as the fish can keep. its tail
| in the water or in contact with wet
sand or mud it can remain out of the
: water indefinitely.
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| That First Impression.
| Mrs. Burton was paying a social
afternoon call on Mrs, Templeton.
“And what do you think of your new
neighbors?” Mrs, Burton asked.
“Well, ‘you know, I haven't called on
them yet, but, from what I've seen of
them, I can’t say that I think very
much,” Mrs. Templeton replied.
“Maybe you shouldn’t form.an opin-
. ion so soon,” Mrs Burton ventured.
“Oh, yes, I'm perfectly safe in that,”
Mrs. Templeton assured her. “The
opinion I form of anyone at first sight
is usually correct. Yes, ma'am, what I
think when I first see anyone Is nearly
always what I think later.” ‘
Little Marjorie was interested in this
, Inst statement, and took a hand in the
| conversation. :
| “Oh, mamma,” she exclaimed, “what
! did you think of me when you first
saw me?’—Kansas City Star,
i Spotting a Future Politician.
' 1 observe a group of small boys in
a West End street. One had been
annoying another who was a little
bigger. Finally the bigger boy chased
the smaller one, who ran for protec-
tion Co the biggest boy in the group.
The smaller boy obviously deserved
chastisement, but his pursuer was
much stronger than he was. The big-
gest boy thought it over a moment,
then rendered judgment: “No hard
hittings!”
There's a boy who is going to be a
judge or a political bess some day.—
Boston Post.
SAMPLE OF CHIRESE JUSTICE |
‘Lithiated ' Buchu at C. M. Parrish’s, Belle-
burg, Ohio.
FIRST COUNTRY FAIR AT JUN-
EAU SHOWS POSSIBILITIES |
OF ALASKA. |
“The First Country Fair of South- |
eastern Alaska,” held in Juneau dur- |
ing last fall, was successful in demon- |
strating that that section of the terri- |
tory has important possibilities in the
way oi agricultural development. Al-
though Huines strawberries and Skag-
way celery have enjoyed, for several
years, at least local fame for their ex-
cellent quilities, many still think
that successful farming is not possi-
ble in southeastern Alaska.
The “country fair” has done much
to remove this erroneous belief and to
arouse new interests. While hereto-
fore it has been the accepted opinion
that this section of the territory must
depend entirely on its mining, fishing
and timber for future development
and growth of population, it now has
been demonstrated that an abundance
of nearly all agricultural crops can be
produced for home use, with some to
spare for export.
It has been estimated that Alaska
imports from the United States an-
nually more than $1,000,000 worth of
farm products, which can be grown at
home and be of better quality. Ju-
neau is forming an association to
make it an annual event.
Southeastern Alaska is that portion
of the coast section extending from
Portland Canal on the south to the in-
ternational boundary line on the north
and to the one hundred and forty-first
meridian where it joins the main ter-
ritory. This “panhandle of Alaska,”
as it often is called, is almost within
the Tongass national forest reserve,
and for this reason, many have been
deterred from investigating the possi-
bilities of farming. Nevertheless,
homes have been established through-
out the entire region and the soil has
responded in a satisfactory way.
The exhibits at the fair consisted
largely of vegetables grown in the
temperate zone, of a quality that
would bear comparison with those of
any section of the United States.
From Ketchikan to Skagway and
Haines, from Sitka to Glacier Bay,
every settlement and hamlet made a
creditable showing, the standard of
which was so nearly uniform that the
judges had much difficulty in award-
ing prizes.
One of the most interesting exhib-
its was the apples grown near Haines
in the Chilkat River Valley. Farm-
ers from Strawberry Point, in the
Glacier Bay section, displayed fine
oats and barley; also timothy and red
clover—all of good growth and excel-
lent quality. A small group of farm-
ers, established in that section, are
also engaged in dairying and stock-
raising. \
Other attractions at the fair were
exhibits of native handwork and pho-
tographs of Alaskan scenery, the most
notable of these being the small col-
lection of Merrill water colors.
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——1It was with regret on all sides
that the American soldiers at Coblenz
lowered their flag and left for Ant-
werp to sail home. The boys were
living like millionaires on their army
pay, and the Germans liked them, and
the allies were grateful for the peace
and good feeling they kept up. Great
farewell parties were given at which
last drinks were taken—as many 2as
possible—and when the train pulled
out the whole town was at the station,
many girls being scattered along the
track for miles to wave goodbye.
Many others went to Antwerp to say
farewell, while still others insisted on
shipping with the boys—since they
had married them. With the soldiers
the St. Mihiel took aboard 73 wives,
21 children and three mothers-in-law.
A few wives refused to accompany
their husbands, while a few husbands
refused to be financially responsible
for their German wives. It was esti-
mated that more than 1000 married
German girls last year. Gen. Allen
remained to wind up affairs—Refor-
matory Record.
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An Interested Spectator.
A man, accompanied by a local
youth, went fishing for ‘trout, slipped
on a stone and fell into the stream.
Encumbered by the heavy rubber wad-
ing boots, which quickly filled with
water, he was in some distress, but
after a good deal of struggling he
managed to reach safety though very
much exhausted.
When he had somewhat recovered
his breath the fisherman said to the
youth who had been watching him all
the time: “I noticed you never tried
to help me.”
“Naw,” was the reply, “but it
wasn’t because I wasn’t thinkin’ of it.”
——About the time you think you
make both ends meet, somebody moves
the ends.—Ex.
——Prosperity will come when men
watch their work instead of watching
the clock work.—Beehive.
Do You Get Up Nights
On Account of Bladder?
This Symptom Tells You Something
is Wrong. A Dayton Man’s
Experience.
Mr. John Lumpkins, 7 Carrie St., Day-
ton, Ohio, says in his own home paper,
the Dayton Herald: “For two years I had
to get up fifteen to twenty times each
night. The scalding and pain was awful.
After taking a few doses. of Lithiated
Buchu (Keller formula), the gravel came, |.
until at least twenty-five pieces have
passed. Some were as large ‘as a’'bean. I
am glad to have this way of telling my
fellow sufferers about this great new
remedy.” )
Lithiated Buchu (Keller formula) acts
on the kidneys and bladder like Epsom
Salts on the bowels. It cleans them out
and helps to relieve the bladder of abnor-
mal deposits. The tablets cost 2c. each.
This price makes it possible to place in the
formula several expensive drugs, which
are useful for relief. The formula is on
the package. It is likely you have never
taken anything similar. Try a few doses
for backache, scalding, scanty or high-
colored urine and frequent desire at night.
+» Be.sure to get the Keller formula
and drug stores everywhere, or
fonte,
Mechanics-
write The Keller Laboratory,
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Old Silverware, Tea Sets,
Tableware, Etc.
Old Clocks and Old Jewelry
Made New Again
At Very Conservative Prices...
We will be very glad to furnish you an estimate
for the work.
F. P. Blair & Son,
Jewelers and Optometrists
Bellefonte, Pa.
64.-22-¢f
One of our good friends who had an ancestor with the com-
mendable habit of preserving things that would prove inter-
esting in after years, sends us the following announcement :
E. C. Humes H.N.MrAllister J.T. Hale A.G. Curtin W.M. Murray
DEPOSIT BANK
OF wee
Humes, McAllister, Hale & Co.
Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pa.
Deposits Received Bills of Exchange and Notes Discounfed
Collections Made and Proceeds Remitted Promptly
Exchange on the East Constantly on Hand
This card announced the opening of the bank in 1856. In 1863
the firm of Humes, McAllister, Hale & Company became the First Na-
tional Bank of Bellefonte. At the age of sixty-seven we are more vig-
orous than ever before, with the ‘greatest business, the largest surplus
in our history—a surplus of $185,000 and resources of over $2,000,000.
The First National Bank..... Bellefonte, Pa.
Boys’ New
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School Suits
SE RUS
( Exceptional Values)
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2 Pairs of Pants with Bach Suit-—priced
$8, $10 and $12
All New Spring Goods
We would be pleased to have
you see them. We know you
will also be pleased with the
showing
A. Fauble