All timough the country, those who keey poultry are troubled now and then by the death of birds, for which there seems to be no explanation. A case differing from those usualy een came to my notice last waek. A WO year-old male was brought to an ex- pert for examination. The bird was moping about, “off his feed,” with comb shrunken and appearing choked, much as a victim of canker in the windpipe would seem. No canker or other sign of roup appeared, and, as the crop was much distended with it as to appeay’ MON eatsn for two days, I could get no nearer than “indigestion” to the cause of the sickness. As it did not im- prove, next day the bird was killed and dissected. From his mouth to the entrance to the glzza he was full of barley, the stomach being SO distended with it as to appear aimos like a second crop. In health the stomach is only a rounded expansion of the tube from crop to gizzard, and it is lined with a whitish membrane thickly covered with little points like pimples. In this case, the pimpy surface was lacking, the flabby stom- ach lining being very sticky with mu- cus. One might jump at the conclu sion that the barley was the cause of the difficulty, but one can hardly think this at all proved It wouid rather seem that there was either a weakened digestive apparatus or a lack of grit. Some birds will not eat grit when it lies before them These will not long remain in health. No bird lacking a good digestion is worth keeping around the place. To learn this to take a good step toward =ofitable poultry keeping. 1 ra is THE CUCUMBER HILLS. The cucumber bed should spaded deeply during the fall or win- ter, or in the early spring at latest, at which time the fertilizer thoroughly mixed in the soil. Com- mercial fert ¢r, or a fine barn ma- nure should be used As cucumbers are a favorite harbor for bugs, commercial fertilizer preferred. Round up the hills several days be fore they are planted the seed, that they may get warmed and mel lowed by the sunshine. Sow the sead in a crescent shaped or circular row in the hill, putiing them but an inca beneath the surface and patting the hill down well with the back of the spade. At zach end of the bed drive strong stakes and nail a cross piece. ‘This is for laying boards over the bed of cucumber hills to shade the vines from the hot rays of the after noon sun, after the young cucumbers appear. Many peoples wonder why some cucumbers are so bitter. It is the sun, and if they are properly shaded they will always be found sweet and tender. The cucumbers should be picked and laid away in the cellar as fast as they grow large enough. The best time to plant is early in April or May at latest. We *have planted them in March. Early White Spine is the best variety for fable To have cucumbers late in the summer, plant a few hills in lcamy moist ground of the Extra Long White Spine. Bugs of all colors and kinds are almost sure to appear. A week solution of aris green makes a good spray for ridding the vines of insects, as does a soap solution. — Dennis H. Stovall fiw uuo-fwWWw Dennis H. Stovall, in the Epitomist. be the is i tae is tha 3 use. HORSE COLIC the AND ITS CURE One of most fruitful causes of colic is the too common habit of al lowing horses to partake of large draughts of water immediately after finishing a feed of oats. There is no surer way of generating an attack of «<olic than this, the reason being that when a large quantity of water is thus imbibed it has the effect of car- rying with it out of the stomach and into the intestines some of the fresh- ly eaten grain. This grain, being still in a raw and undigested condi tion, its effoct when it reaches the intestines ls to give rise to irritation and inpammation, which are the im- mediate cause of the colic. In deal ing with cases of this kind the most obvious course to adopt is to take psecautions to prevent the animals from drinking large quantities of wa- ter under the circumsiances just ro ferred to. When an animal falls a victim to an attack of colic the best thing to do is to administer a dose consisting of oue ounce of laudanum and two ounces of sweet spirits of nitre, along with half a pint of whis- key in scme hot water, ministration of a couple of ounces of cooking soda, diluted with water, and given as soon as the first symp: toms of the attacks are Should the administration of cooking soda fail to give the desired relief, no time should be lost in fol- lowing it up with the laudanum and $pirits of nitre already suggested. THE PARMER'S GARDEN. The flower element in gardening has made people in & measure over look the fact that there is no funda- mental difference between the laws which goverh In producing the best in both farming and gardening. The soll has to be right, or be made til i WL sn 1 properly, or the outcome, nd matte’ | | tory. And then different kinds of plant best results Many are the interesting details be longing to this view, which detail the progressive farmer of today is re quired to study. And then there is the electric ral! road, which is fast working a might: ized world ago were away out in the country, ane incapable of influencing the of fresh fruits and vemeiables the great cities, are now placed supplie 8 come a powerful in all thi influence sort of business. As a consequence, more and m figure as a feature | farming, and the farmer's c¢ and home surroundings tably be improved gard:ning wi Ire mditd thereby. PREVENTION OF GAPES If there another that is one disease more the men it is gapes, which appears in t! aid discourages poulir) young chicks with th i ta We are quite familia worms r Hue the al ath to y« ter fact, it is not the make the troubles them, which they absorb from that is infected Most f trouble with gapes comes after gone on t the chicks ory that angis ung chicks, but, as a of worms 3 but nacteri soil, gr Q grout yops several hav : most af of gait rid of ths re it occur ou $ E and thi been for fective way whe is likely to if doors is to purify the soil § probably beter done than with anythin ise JOE el with i: As early spread s where as possible ake r the place the to run, an ground off lime inch of the piace CRICK afte t : out are the inch de and is «thorough dried ep iy SCrape least an ¥ WO this and soil far from sprinkie a light coat over the soil and i work well likely to with and some the Then rake the is be trounie any chicks contract gapes in and the remedy for Keep the floors clean if they are o i al them as suggested for th of doors; if board cover them an inch with sand and clean this il¥, pu in clean, house, sS0ii, Lr loors ar two de ir Lwo deer pilot out used, out frequer dry sand Peis or i% EDUCATING CONSUMERS Recently a neighbor of asked for some advice regarding th selection of varieties of berries for : nearby market, and objected to advice given because he, the grower did not fancy the varieties pamec On other hand writer Knew that the majority of the sorts recom mended would give the grower jus the kind of berry his market wanted the kinds that had brought the bes each year for a number o the write th vi hog by wie the prices towns and cities is much better poster on soll products than we grower give it credit for being, 85 it will no do to attempt to force our individua preferences upon it. If one’s soil will grow a fruit profit ably then the thing to do is to ge the variety of that fruit best suites to the market demands. This applie anything, eggs for example. | 10 for white eggs than for brown ones we must either raise the hens to la: white eggs or find a market wher the brown eggs are preferred. NOTES ABOUT HORSES. Gentle and kind treatment handling the colt valuable in disposition. In training the walking gait is th most valuable to consider, especiall! so for farm and road horses. Generally it is poor economy to io vest in good horse blood unless wil! good care. and under average conditions shoulders will keep well. All concentrated food it. One of the best rations horses is corn, oats add 1 of linseed meal. A BEE HINT. out swarms daily for three or fou days. The first swarm is always the is secured the greatest amount o heney, and they should be well ca for. For several years the chief cook a ual Boston received as much salar as the presiden' of Harvard Univer sity. REMARKABLE STORY ABOUT A GANG OF LONDON THIEVES. Hero Born in a Workhouse Is Finally Adopted by a Benefactor-—Made Sole Heir to Fortune—Full Confes- sion of a Plotter Ends Mystery. The New York Globe reprints the following “special to the Globe” un der the date line “Loudon, June 22, 1838:" : Through a sensational slum murder and the revelation by it of a gang of thieves and cut-throats, Scotland Yard has unearthed a most interesting ro mance and inecidently restored to his few years, has gone through more than ordinarily comes to men in the full course of their lives. A quarter of a century ago soclely was greatly Edwin Leeford, in his teens, then a young man with a lady of high po sition several years his genier. The marriage, which had as its issue one son, did not turn out happily. and in a few years Mrs son, went to continent Some time later intimate friends of the family greatly troubled over reports of a en Mr. Lee ford and an estimable young woman, the daughter of a reitrea r. Then a relative died, leaving Mr. Leeford his fortune. Mr. Leeford went to Rome to the estate and died while there, without leaving far then known. a will The where of the unfortunate young wo became for she ft and was supposed AWAY h hersell sat workhouse the to live, were Hasson betwi ile settle 50 as abouts man her father's to have Now, how died In a having given come to be the of tnis causes celebde, and is to enjoy left half of the by his unfortunate father : turns was death by wil A mystery, roof made ver wit Ww it Known county is ae after birth to a son, who has th hero of latest what of nis 1% estate left whose will, desl Osed 3h wife OLY after his Last Spitalfields murder week, it | be remembered, was greatly excited by the ff a Woman was her nolorious named murd: lover, Bil" was killed pursuit rect outcome reference has According when he left the hands of a gang of th has existed for years east end, under the gadership of Fagin. Their efforts to make of him falled, but him in the way of ¢ own He was arrested on of pocket picking preferre Brownlow, a gentleman means and discharg:d for lack of FE evidence Mr. Brownlcw became the boy Sikes. The known as later, elude rer who fow while a days attempting to The crime di- of the romance Le been made to Was a the police, the boy the workhouse fell f thieves wi several out nit Just ¥ feat in- and him ater members irdered woman and dnapped him for fear what he knew to he was taken by another thief to the house of melee that badly burt hands of the Mrs. Mayle and provided him terested in took home, but a few days of the gang, them rer that the the brothe be would tell police Later murderer and help them in robbing Mrs. Maylie followed the Again he fell police, but time came to his rescue with a home In the meantime, it seems, his hall brother, Edward Leeford had be come cognizant of his existence, and consci of fact that the was heir to half his father’s property, and boy into this in the was the Jus the identity. Leeford is a bad character, and, under the name of “Monks,” has consorted with thieves more or less, including Fagin. He decided, there fore, to have Fagin get hold of the boy and keep Him, for he himself had secured and destroyed some little meme foes that had been taken from | the boy's unfortunate mother by her nurse. In the gang of disreputable charac { ters into which the boy had fallen he had found one friend, the Sikes woman. She undertook to warn Miss Rose Maylle, Mrs. Mayvlie's niece, of | the conspiracy against the boy, and succeeded In her offbrt, but Fagin, suspecting her, had her shadowed, { and then told her brother that she | had betrayed him to the police. This { was the cause of the murder The developments from then on { were very rapid. Mr. Brownlow, the first protector of the boy, turned out to be the closest friend of his father and one who for years had been try. i ing to find traces of him. When he first had the boy he suspected that he was Edward Leeford’s son, be cause of his striking resemblance to ! a portrait of his mother. Mr. Brown: low succeeded after much difficulty fa getting hLold of Edward alias Monks, and secured a full con- fession from him, how his mother had | destroyed the will, how he himself | had followed the boy up and sought | to get rid of him without resorting to murder, and how he had plotted to have Fagin kidnap him again. More. over, he gave the interesting news that Miss Rose Maylie is the boy's aunt. It seems that his father, over -whelmed with sorrow and shame at i the fate of his elder daughter, retired ! to the country and changed his name. | At his death his daughter, Rose was adopted by Mrs. Maylie, whom she has always regarded as her aunt, With the death of Sikes and his sister, the arrest and certain convie- tion of Fagin, the gang of pickpockets and thieves has been fairly well brok- en up. John Dawkins, alias the "Art . ful Dodger;"” Charles Bates, and Toby | Crackit, other members of the gang are also in custody. The hero of the romance will henceforth ba known as Oliver Brownlow, having been adopt ad by his benefactor, and he will soon forget his workhouse name of Oliver Twist. It is learned from the solic ftors of the family that little is left of his father's fortune, a matrer of £6,000, but Mr. Brownlow is wealthy and bas made his his sole heir. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. its Important Influence in Compelling Neutrality of the Empire, Secretary the the of Biate Hay's proposal powers to limit WAr area Far East within a region con nyrthward of Great of China harmonizes with a outlined weeks by the the Wall some ago fche Zeitung (Berlin). The United States, however, was ng credited with the design of initiating the idea according to the English pa aims preveitidg a Chinese dynasty from flight might only 2 per, at tha nigh Pekin not play into 10 hold over the court the masses of agala son of which animated Boxers.” According to the (Yokohama), there pect Russia with gain a new might rouse Chinese “to find fanatic courage so-called the Liat the 16% Japan Dally Mall reason J BUS a sort of dowager is that may have agreement he empress he former, in of China out The alle nporiancs L Inds for the reason t relinquishing to t all the Great Wall ment has some ir ent, irding t (Brussels), contingencies, ACK tu the Pp Belg China does aot regard b Wall as constitu ing an integral fo hes The Chinese point of view regarding fully iz by M north of the Great portion empire this matter is wore 3 the Empire du (Paris) ronlier wiaich are noroper propel defenseless in spite of th §# out i {¢ i childish gigantic work Wall slates, r Know the Great as composed of id atory BIDRUIAr p FIVEADCes which gtatles and said hese tonomy are "assigned TAS i claiming the whole ii heaven, race and received the Kingdoms yellow the thal ver Wd BOVEreign iomage of he an ther hand, the goecgraphical situ rough their feally, inv empire eir d pi isputes d # bs cow and pravent the impede of enemies Chinese "hey ven the offic Fan” (barrie p th were gi name of were to ial rs), and nse uj energies of i 3 Le 3 Vv Hig arriva ipon ithe home $ were buffers cadening fields of war to were 1a © and occupation at a thy which i Ch a ne to avoid the of military ine IaAngers the esyenss iANEST ah pels aome This na for capable conception saved Chi centu ries The' which the Chinese regard Manchuria, Corea and outiying regions of em pire explains their comparative indif ference to the progress of Russo Japanese crisis, thinks Neue Freie Presse (Vienna), which has the benefit of the views of a former Ger man minister to China. But the strategic value of the Great Wall, we are further reminded, is Chinese than military in the western “The materials of this im fortification would suffice for six feet high and two fest of view from aint point other their the the FONge mense a It will be the aim of powers friendly to Japan, sur mises the European press, to keep Russians in mind of the territorial symbolized by Wall. will be “on to Pekin” Mere Coincidence. “Hehry,” asked Mra. Penhecker how many cigars do you smoke a day?” “Only Henry “And what does it cost you?” “Ten cents.” “Hum! Do you one, my love,” answered know that PENNSYLVANIA R. R. and Northern Central Ry, Time Table In Effect May 29, 1904, TAs A.M. Train 64. Week days for Bunbury Harrisinirg, arriviug st Philsdelphis, 11.458 a. w, Now York 2.08 p. m., Baltimore 12.15 p. m., Wash ingron L200 p m, to Philadelphia. 8.20 A. M.~Train 80 Wiikesbarre, Scranton, modinte stations Woesk telton, and Potwvilie daltimore, Washington couches ty Philadelphia 124 P M ~Train 12 Week days for Bunbury Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Haselton, Potwville, Har rishurg and intermediate stations, srriving af Philadeiphla at 6.25 p New York, 9.30 p.m Bi 6.00 p, m., Washington at 7.16 p. m Parlor car through ww Philadelphia, and passen ker coaches Ww Philsdeipnia, Baltimore and Washington FP MM ~Trmain 32 Week barre Hazelton, Pottsville, and dai for Harrisburg and intermediate points, arrivin al Philladuiphia 10.47 pm. New York 2.98 a m Baltimore 4.48 p.m Pawsenger couches 1 Phils delphia and Baitlmore, 10 P.M. ~Trulr rishurg, sud all Dally for Banbury Harrisburg snd lotr days for Seranton, Ha Philadelphia, New York Through m Limon days for Wilkes soranton, 5. Dally for Bunbury, Har yd inate stations, arriving = t , New York at 7.188. mu Washington, 5 = ad a timors, a m., man sleeping cars from Harrisburg to P aiphis and New York, Philadelphia passenger can remain in sicepers undisturbed antl 7.30 a. m WESTWARD 0 ® 65.38 A. M Trains Bldaigus, Hochs intermediate station 3 std Roohosts « and Pi Dally) For Erie, Can Buffalo, Niagara Falls and wilh passenger oosi bos 1 Week days for DuBois On sundays ee M. Trdn 31 rinedinte mrfieid, Pail ih Larough For Lock Ha i week days Pitsburg and t rone Mim a PRtTE, wre tol Rar n £4 ydny { intermediate stations ONTE CENTRAL RAILROAD Waoek Days WESTWARI STATIONS i w with rom traiss at Trains nas RR Nob 2 Ar PM PM LEFONTE s » wo hy CORO ¥ Bos mn wk wh 4 ® oh fT REE REE a i PHILA NEN YOR Vie Philad Ar New York ¥ Via Tamaqua iI. W, GEPHART (reneral Superintenden T EWISBURG - WESTWARD AND TYRONE RAILROAD Week Days EASTWARD PF AM STATIONS A i 5 40 Montandon Lewistaurg wieh Vicksburg Miflinburg Milimant fsiem iron i% 0 | Paddy Mouulain 3 Coburn i Zethy i Rising Springs in iil | Penn Cave 53 i8 | Contre Hall Gre 3 Linton Hall i | Oak Hall § 00) Lemont § 4 i Dale Summit : i i i MN Papel E REF Ww | Pleasant Gap 5 AXemann 0 | Beliefou te 0 | Additional tins leave Lewisburg for Moutan MMR RE RE NE RI PE NS | 8 {8 wi i6 lars and fifteen cents in a year?” it out.” better if you your reckless extravagance.” had been looking over brought huge when up the cigar question. display advertisement A that Linnen & Co. wore offering choice of their best tailored suits for thirty-six dollars aad ffly cots — Life. i The Mother Doubts, Miss Georgia Bulst of Kan, said her mother was too slow would show the old fogies how to do it. So Georgia bought a nice new {nocubstor and set it up in the barn. The first night the inoubator caught fire, burned up the most of the barn, a lot of furniture ealf, and all of mother's setting sons. And mother says the young things of these days are not half so amart as they think they are.~Kan: sas Clty (Mo.) Journal and 7.56 p m., retuming leave Montandon fo Lewisburg st 7.40, 9.37 a. mm. 1008 a. m., 45, 0K pm. and £12 p.m. burg 9.258. m., 10.08 a. m. and 4.48 p. m. W. W. ATTERBURY, J. RB. WOOD, General Mabager Pam. Traffic \ GRO. W, BOYD, General Pac, Hi: BOTH DIED ON FATEFUL DAY Coincidence in the Passing of Adams and Jefferson. July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the declaration of in dependence, was a joyous occasion ir the United States. Two distinguished signers were still alive—John Adams and Fhomas Jefferson. Twenty-five years had elapsed since Adams was president and seventeen since Jeffer son left the white house. “On that day,” says Charles Francis Adams ip his biography of his grandfather “from one end of the country to the other, wherever Americans were gath ered together, the names of Adams and Jefferson were coupled in accents Party pas slong were completely drowned in the flood of national feeling which over spread the land.” Says Sir George Otto Trevelyan: “Al day long Ad ams was sinking rapidly and without pain. His last andible remark is sai to have been, ‘Thomas Jefferson still survives," But such was not the case Jefferson died at noon on that Fourth of July and Adams shortly before sun set, There are few more striking cir cumstances and no more remarkable toincidences in history.” ——w A summer girl's idea of economy Is { i ing Mills Rotel BPRING MILLS, PA. PHILIP DRUMM, Prop. First lees aorommodetions st a! times for both wen ard beast. Fiee bus 10 aod from all tisins Freellmi Livery stisched. Table board frstcloss. The best liquors and wi.es si the bar. Cet Hall Hotel JAMES W. RUNKLE, Prop, Newly equipped. Ber sand table supplied Healthy iocailly Beautiful scenery Within three wil s of Peuts Cave, & most beauth cavern; sulrancs by 8 boast Well located for hunting snd Sebing Heated throughout Free carriage to all trains 0d Fort Hotel oi ISAAC GHAWVER, Proprietor, 8. Location : One mile South of Centre Hall Accommodations fretclam. Good bar. Parties wishing 0 enjoy an evening given special slention. Meals for such oocasions peg pared on short notice. Always prepared for the transient trade, RATES: $.50 PER DAY. Penn's Valley Banking Company CENTRE HALL, PA, W. B. MINGLE, Cashief Receives Deposits . . Discounts Notes . . . BELLEFORTE, PA. F. A. NEWCOMER, Prop. Heated throughout, Fine Babiing EATES $1.90 PER DAY. Special prepasstions for Jurors, W and sny persons coming to town on special cesions. Regular bosrdess well caved for, ATTORNEYS. J.B. ORVIS C.M BOWER QEvis, BOWER & ORVIS ATTORNEYE-AT LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa. ato in Crider's Exchange building on second roe E L ORYD DOT. DAVID F FORTNEY W. HARRISON WALKER FosTSEY & WALKER ATTORNEYS AT LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa Ofoe North of Court Bouse. trol CLEMENT Dale ATTORNEY AT-LAW BELLEFONTE Pa. Office XN. W. corner Diamond, two Goo from Fire Nations! Bank. re WwW. G RUNKLE ATTORNEY AT-LAW BELLEFONTR Pa. All kinds of lege! busines sticnded to prom pely res ATTORNEY AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa. Collections and all legal business sitended Ww re : i | { to make one hammonk do for twa ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE PA. Practioss in all the courts Consultation is roe + Sasso ETB ERY Special Effort made to Accommodate Com- mercial Travelers..... D. A. 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