Wilson, Me Far lane I prepared. Tru', Shoulder Bracra, Ac., Ac. 3 X j 4-tf | j> LOUIS DOLL, FASHION ABI.R BOI.IT A BHOKMAKKR, ! Brockerholf Roar, Allegheny atrial, 1-lj Hallrfonta. Fa. c. m a as, Praa't. J. r. Biaaia. Oaah'r. I?IITST NATIONAL RANK OF BKLLETONTK, Alleghany Street, BellefontA, Pa. CENTRE COUNTY BANKING COMPA.NT. Receive Repoeite And Allow Intereet, Discount Notes; Buy and &ell Uor. Securities, Uold aud CoujKiM. JAVCR A. VIEAVIB, President. J. D. BHCol*T.Caahler. TRAVELER S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE R. R.—Tlma-Tabla In affect on and aftar Ma) 1,18*1: Leavel Snow Shoa 7.20 A. B..arrlraa in Ballafont. 9.10 A. a. Laarea Batlafoata 10.2.'' A. B.,arrlcea al Snow Shoe 11-'.7 A. a. l,.at<. Snaw Shoa 2.r") F.B..arr|rea In Bellafoule 3 4' T. a. Bellefoote 5.16 r a .arrltea at Snow 8ho 6.67 a.a. DANIEL RIIOADB. i.n.ral Suparlnt.nd.nl. BALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL ROAD.—Time-Tabla, April '29. I**': K*p. Mail. wtaTWAKP. AAATWAAP. Cap. Mail A. a. r. a. r a. A a 8 l. 7 iri Arrite at Tyrone t fc a 3 666 Laura Eaat Typrna Laara-. 7 39 8 65 7 .Vi r, 51 " Vail —7 41 *-S 766 r, 47 " Bald Kajcla ... 747 4 If: 748 634 " Fowler " ~7 M 909 742 631 " Hannah " 7 6'. 913 736 r, 25 prwt Matilda " ... 800 919 727 •17 " Martha * ... *O7 9lt 7 18 408 ...... " Julian " ™8 16 932 7 9 657 ...... " I nloot ilia M ... H23 9 -19 7 |I 548 •' Snow Shoa In " —8 32 9 4.6 666 546 " Mlleaburg " ... 34 94* 446 636 " Rallafonta " ... 843 961 686 526 '• Milewhurg " —*6410 r 6 2.5 514 " Cnrtin " ... 90610 19 618 .6 lo •• Mount Eala " 912 I<> 26 • 9 iOl •• Howard " ... 9SOto 37 665 4JO ~™ " Eaglerille " .„ 93810 49 650 444 Baaah iraek '* ... 94010 64 &34 433 " Mill Hall " „95411 14 629 430 " ll.inlrigtnu " 95711 31 626 425 " Lock llaran " ™lO 01 11 24 I>ENNSY L V A NIA RAILROAD. I —rpbtladatphla and Rria Dlrlaion.) —On and aftar Dacambtr 12. 1877 : WKBTWARD. ERIK MAIL ltarau Philadelphia 11 86 p n. •' " HarrirturK-.4 26 a m •• " Williamaport 8 34am a w Lork llaran 9 40 a ttt a M Ranoro... 10 66 a at " nrrtraa at Kria 7 36 p n> NIAOARA EXPRESS Iraraa Phlladalphla.. IJiit '• •' llarriabnrg.... 10 60 a at " ** Williamaport. 2 31 p m " arri rrr at Ranoro. 4 40 p n> Paaar.;ara by thla train arrira In Rella f.inta at 4 36 p m FABT LINK laaraa Phlladalphla 11 44 a m " " Harrlahurg....... „™ 3 .3.4 p m •' " Williamaport ............... 730p in " arrlraa at Uwk llaran 8 40 p o> EASTWARD, PACIFIC KXPREBB laaraa Lock llaran ,™ 8 40 an> - " Williamaport... 766 a a •• arrlraa at llarrtahnrg 11 66 a m Phlladalphla., 3 45 pm DAT RXPREBB laaraa Ranoro.. 10 10 a m " " I/wk llaran 11 20am " " Williamaport™,.... 12 40am " arrirao at 11arriahnrg............ 410pm " " Phlladalphla 720 pm ERIE MAIL laaraa lteuoro 8 35 p " " Lock llaran 946 p m " " Williamaport 11 06 p m " arrlraa at Harrlahurg,™ ~, 246 a m " M Phlladalphla 7 00 am PAST LINK laaraa Williamaport 12 34 a m •• arrlraa at llarrtahorf.,,™.., 3 68 am •• Phlladalphla. 786 am Kria Mall Waat. Niagara Rtpraaa Waal, Lork Haraa Accommodation Waat. and Day Ki prate Raat, make rloaaronnaetlonaat Nocthumltarland with L. A I. t R. train" for Wllkaaharra and Rcnaaton. Rria Mall Waat. Nlacara Ripraaa Waat. and Kria Ripraaa Waat and Lock llaran Accommodation Waal Biah a clou# conn actio a at Williamaport wlla ft. C. R W. tralna north. Kria Mail Waal, Niagara Ripraaa Waat. and Da) Rtpraaa Kant, maka cloaa connection at Lock Haraa With B. R. V. R R tralna. Rria Mail Rant and Waat roanart at Rria with tralna an LB. I 8.1. I R at Corry with 0. C. *A.V. R R . at Rmporlum with R. N. T. A P. R. R, anl at Driftwood with A. Y R. R. Parlor can will rua hatwaaa Phlladalphla and Willlasiaport on Nlacara Ripraaa Waat, Rria Rtpram Waat, Phlladalphla Rtpraaa Raat and Day Ripraaa Raat. and Sunday Rtpraaa Raat. Blaaplnc can on all alght tralna. Wa. A. Bainwio, flan'l Saparlntandaat. I lIHARD HOUSE, \ J CORNER CHCSTNt'T AND NINTH BTREETB, rniLAßiirnit. Thla haoac. prominaat la a city famad for Ita com foruhla hotal", la kapt In aaary raaport aqaal to any Ant rlaaa botala In tka country. Owing to tba atrin caary of tba tlmaa, tba prica of board baa haon raducad ta Ttl MUAH par day. J. M'KIRRIN. |A|t Managar. . • iBUSH HOUSE, BRLLEFONTR. PA., IS OPEN. P. P. PRTRRA. Prnprtator. MnVF,Y To Loan atO perCt. • iUwii lJ l up TI | B mrriiAL LIFE MSOTU A NCR CO. OF NEW TURK, oa 8 rat mo rt gaga, an Imprnrad farm proporty. In auma not lam than fc.ira), and not atceadlng ona-thlrd of tha praaant ralna of tha proparty Any porthm of tha nHnclpal can ha paid off at any tlmu. and It haa loan tba emrtnm of tba ommnr to parmlt tha priarlpal to ramain aa long aa tha burrowar lf ,h> Intaraat la promptly paid. Ar,| yfir on Allegheny street, njrth f lligb. Belle ftirit.-. Pa 4-iJ OF. FORTNEY, a ATTORNKT AT LAW, BKLLKFONTK, PA. Ult limir to the left In the Court llone. z-ly lOHN BLAIIt LINN, *1 ATTORNEY AT LAW, BKLLEFONTK, PA. * Allegheny Street, oter Poet offi< e. 'il-ly I L. SPANGLER, ft a ATTORNEY AT LAW, BF.LLKFoNTE. t'ENI RK 001 NTY, PA. fijtdw isl Attention to Collections; |irArti< e in AII the Courts, ConsultAtioua in UertriAti or P. giiah. I ly pk KELLER. I /a ATTORNEY AT LAW Uffip;n|t L*k If AT ef| N •!! fAI Pitik ly W C. HEINLE, * ' a ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PA Office in o"ur*4 UMM, illlgftMtJl ftpeeisl Attention fl*n to the r. llrwtln of rUim All hutinew* Attended to pfßan|nte when |w ciAlly retAined. 1 ly WILLIAM MrCl LLOUGH, T T ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD. PA. All boiinM promptly Attended to. |.|y DR. JAS. H. DOBBINS, M. i)., PHYSICIAN AND SI'RHKOX. Office Allegheny BL, oser igUr's lrng .Htore, -tf BBUsIPUIITB, PA I DR. J. W. 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N'cnlmt* timni nt miriol tn all biwtnM* onlMd h, Ihcm I,AND WHIP. a..Mlr' A<|.l.t| nl 11..i,r.Dl Kl a hl.n.t I.4NH M AKMANTA txmaiii n moft prominent m*l < ultirato.l woman In NnmjltMh Int. (rmloatad, offer. moat thomnch •dnrolUml all. iwl lith*l MuahiA of rwflniaa In flnan'M |*tiiiiU admlltml nl nnj llmo Trail/ a*. prnaa afoot turn. Adilrtwa, MffTlCflft OF MRRCT, M Ihtlljf P. 0., WkUmhtlmhl rouatp, Pa. tLlxr Crntrf Slrwsttat.! J-- II KL L K FONTK, I'A . aLanic'j-LT-cmyiLL. NKWH, KAI'TH ANI> BUfMiKHTIONH. TIIK linrnl Sew Yorker is out with | another of its H|H a cials, anil this time the subject is "Small Fruits." We shall not oven try to give our opinion of its merits, hut should lie glffll to see a thousand copies of it in Centre county. They can be hud for tin asking. Send a card to .'54 Park Itoiv, New Vork, saying that upon the advice of the DEMOCBAT, you ask for a copy of the Small Fruit edition. TIIK OKMOCRAT believes that noth ing will more rapidly advance tin wealth and prosperity of Centre county farmers, than largely increas ed attention to the culture of tobacco. Every successful tobacco grower must necessarily be a good farmer—pro vided, of course, that lie steadily maintains the fertility of his farm. It is one of that class ol crops that cannot 1 produced profitably with out good land, careful attention, and a great deal of labor, and therefore its tendency is all in the direction cf" j better farming, unless, indeed, as hinted before, the land upon which it j is grown is enriched at the ex|s nse ' of other portions of the farm. We j arc glad to notice a marked increase ; of interest in this valuable, money- j making crop among our farmers, and | propose to do what we can to stimu late and encourage it, by making the UEMOCHAT'.S agricultural columns a vehicle fur the dissemination of such reliable information upon the subject, 11 all its phases, as we may have, or i nay lie able to gather from the sev- I eral sources at our command. As i instalment number one of timely and inost valuable information, w • publish to-day the first of a series of articles, under the caption ol "Tobnoco <'nl '.ure," that wo have obtained |>enuia- | don to reprint from the columns of the S< lira, published in I .one-aster eity. the centre of the Lobacro grow ing interests and exjsriencc of the State. The first paragraphs of the article in this issue explain their scope, and state the purpose of the uithor so fully that we need make no further reference to them here. They •re from the very practical |H'nof Mr. Ditrenderffcr, one of the editor* of the Era, than whom there is no ls-tu-r authority concerning the tobacco crop, in all its stages, from seed to sale, in the State. As evidence that we are not extravagant in our csli mate of their practical value, we may j say that Secretary Edge, of the State ' I Hoard of Agriculture, ha# already * asked and obtained |>ermtAsion to embody them in the quarterly reports of the lioartl. Before leaving Ibis subject we desire to solicit the aid of, ill tobacco growers in our endeavor to advance their interests, byway of correspondence and statement* of experience which may be valuable to those who arc yet novices in the bus iness. All such communications should bo addressed to the "Agricul tural Editor of the PRMOCBAT, llow aril, I'a." He is himself largely in terested as a grower ol the crop, and having a high estimate of its import ance to the material interests of the county, is making such a study of it as circumstances will sdinit. TOBAOOO CULTURE __ How to Grow our Next Crop. FIST nV A SMUT* or ARTICI.BS OX TH* Sl-aiSCT—Tilt VALt'B OF 0000 AMD — I'RCPARATIOX cr TIIK SRKO 118O — ITS I.OCATIOX —OCOIIT TO IIH IIVRXEII OVKR. The Sew Era has lately been re quested by many of its subscribers to publish an essay on tobacco culturo for the benefit of those who are al ready classed among the growers of the weed, as well as for such as have concluded to enter upon the cultiva tion of this crop during the coming season. Such an essay, if it entered fully into all the details, from the preparation of the seed lied until the packing of the crop, would take up much more space than could conven iently be allotted to the subject in a single issue of this paper. We have therefore determined to prepare a series of articles covering the general subject of tobacco cul ture, which will appear at seasonable periods during the year, each one having a special reference to that portion of the subject which engages the tobacco grower's attention when it appears. In this way the reader's attention will not be oonfounded by a multiplicity of unseasonable details, 1 I but will la* occupied for the time 1 ' being with oidy that portion of the | ' subject which covers the period at 1 hand. 1 As the time is rapidly approaching 1 when tobacco growers will be com- j 1 pet led to begin their preparations for j ' the coming season, wc present our ,} lirst instalment of the general ques- j * lion of tobacco growing. Lancaster f county has assumed such a command- ! I ing position for the extent, excellence | t and value of her tobacco product, i that the methods practiced by her growers must of necessity be valua-! blu to growers elsewhere, especially t to those whose experience has been I limited and who are not yet thor- 1 "uglily posted In the most approved I modes of tobacco culture. There are I perhaps thousands of growers to whom what we shall say will convey 1 no new information. It is not for such that these chapters are prepar ed. but for those in other and newer j districts, who, while anxious to grow an article that shall command the j highest market price, have neither j had the required experience nor re- | quisitc opportunities for personal ob- ; nervation to enable them to do so. (JOOII HKEI). In order to grow good tobacco, it is essential that nothing lie left to j chance. Every step ol the process must be taken with the final result in view. A defective link anywhere in the season's chain may render all previous or future efforts useless, and render the campaign a failure. It is therefore of the highest importance that a correct start is marie if final 1 j success is to l>e hoped for. It is true that accident or a favorable season j may compensate for a blunder or two, I but the tobacco grower must not rely ; u(KIII any such stray contingencies. aration of it before plant- , Ing the seed and his increasing attcn- | tion to it afterwards. At no |ieriod , of the entire year will watchfulness , and good management go further to- | wards securing a good crop. Know ing this, he must spare neither lime ( nor labor to get a good atari, and his , seed bed is the place where the work ( must he begun. c Growers of tobacco everywhere are c agreed in the opinion that the situs- , lion of the seed bed is a matter of tho utmost importance. On this will de pend largely the fall and timely sup- a ply of plants needed. A southern a sloping exposure should be selected t whenever possible. Where tbis in not possible, then tt southeastern one; a weiitern one in not desirable, and a northern one is still worse. It must be sheltered on the north and west from the keen blast* oT early spring. The southern exposure give* the young plant* the full benefit of the son's ray* early in the season and advances them rapidly, enabling the farmer to set out hi* fields earlier than he otherwise could, thus avoid ing the hot weather of summer. IIIKNINO THE SEED IIEH. We desire to draw especial atten tion to a custom which is invariably fruitful in good result*, which is al most universally practiced in the Southern tobacco States, but which hardly one farmer in a hundred in Lancaster county practices; we of course allude to burning over the seed bed prior to planting. Anything that will burn may IK* employed for this purpose; brush, wood, corn stalks, old rails and logs, briars, in short anything that is at hand. Sev eral hour* hard burning is not too much. This bas the effect not only of killing aii weeds and seeds that may l>c in the soil, but aim the nox ious insects near the surface—no slight consideration. It would be diflicult, in fact, to describe all the good results from this practice. Af ter the bed bas been carefully burnt over, the refuse matter should be carefully raked ofT, leaving only the ashes. The ground must then 1* dug over, care being taken not to turn up the subsoil. All stones, roots, or 1 other foreign substances must be carefully removed, and the soil made fine and friable. We feel as if we could not strongly impress the good results of this fact upon our tobacco grower*. In those portions of the State where timber is still plentiful and cheap, the custom ought to be universally followed. The ordinary custom is, however, not to burn over the seed-bed. It should be dug over as early in the spring as the weather will admit or the ground is dry enough. A rich virgin loam is the best soil ; black,if it is to be bad, is preferble, as the color absorbs the sun's rays better and advances the plants faster. If the ground is not naturally rich enough, it- must l- made so. You cannot make it too rich. Weli-rottod stable manure is much the lest article that can 1k used; chicken or hog manure are not nearly so desirable, nor are the artificial manures. A compost made the previous year of the various manures produced on the farm and plentifully applied would, no doubt, produce excellent results, rhis must IK* spaded in and care be taken to render the soil on the sur face. and indeed throughout, as fine as if run through a fine sieve. Lumpy ground would impede the free sprout ing <>f the minute seed by covering them. The lied is now ready to re ceive the seed. SI'ROITINO Til K *KF.n. Most growers sprout the seed be fore planting, but a few do not. The former course i* much the liest. It is surer, because it enables you to see whether your seed is good. It also gives you plants sooner, as unsprout ed seed in an unfavorable season sometimes lie in the ground a long time licfore germinating. When the season is late ami inclement weather prevents the early preparation of the seed-bed,it i sometimes all-important that the plants arc hrought forward as rapidly as |K>*sih]e. There are different methods of sprouting the seed. The more common way is to tic it in a little bag and place it in slightly tepid water for a day or two; it is then removed and placed under some moist woolen covering in an atmosphere sufficiently warm to for ward the process of germination ; near a stove in a light room it a good place. Much carc must lie taken in handling the seed at this critical pe riod. Any injury to the tender sprout that issues from the minute seed ia sure to result in the death of the germinal principal. They must be kept slightly moist all the while, so that the sprouting process may not be interrupted, which, were it to oc cur, might also result disastrously. An old and very successful grower of our acquaintance sprouts his to baeco seed in an entirely different manner. He selects a lot of chipsoil .from the site of an obi wood pile, sifts it carefully to remove all foreign sub stances and to pulveri&e the earth thoroughly. This is then moistened with warm water, placed in earthen pots, or some other vessels, and the proper quantity of seed thoroughly mixed with it. The pots are then placed near a stovd the soil is kept moist by the addii >n of sufficient water, and it is bei es carefully stir red over several lit ©a daily to pre vent packing and tb expose the seed to light. Much care ia necessary when the tiny shoot begins to emerge from the seed, as rude handling would soon break it off. Kithcr of the two methods just given, if carefully fol lowed, will give good resnlts. We find that the minute details into which we have entered will pre vent our giving this portion of our subject in a single issue- The con cluding portion of our remarks con cerning the seed bed will be given next week. I sHoi'Lh as soon see greenbacks scattered about my barnyard, ami not pick them up, as to allow manure to be wasted in this manner.