Hi/son, MrFarlane l v Co., I lard tea re I hater*.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, MoFATILAN I<: fc CO.
DKALKKS IN
STOVES, RANGES i HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
IBTTII-IDIEIRS' HABDWABE.
AI.I-KOIIKN V BTRKET, .... HEMES' W.OCK, .... HRM.sroNTK, PA.
TRAVELER S GUIDE.
BELLKFOXTK& SNOW SHOE!
R K. — Tiinv'Tubti In eflect un and after Burch ,
I,1**1:
Leaves Snow Shoe* &.:16 A. m..Arrives In Ilellefontc
TJA A. M.
I<mvm Ih-llefuute 9.12 A. M., arrive* mt Snow Shoe*
11.25 A. *.
Uavpi Snow Shoo 2.30 P. arrive* In Nlilbote !
4 m t. M.
Uavn Bellefoute 4 45 r arrive* At Snow Shoo
7.25 P.M. S. S. 111. AIR, (i*n'l Superintendent. ' |
OAIID EAGLE VALLEY RAIL-
I ) KOAP —'Tlni-T.blr, April J". !**':
K*p. M*il. HK.HTAARD. t AIT A ARU. Kip. Mill.
A. M. P M R M. A M
A 1 7 t2 Arrive at Tyrone Leave..... 7 3*2 H IS
m 3 6 5.5 Leavi* Ka*t Tyrone Leave... 7!W H55
711 . 5) •• Tall - ... 74: ** .
755 47 M Itald EagU •• ... 747 902
7 4-S C 36 " Fowler 44 ... 762 9 ••
742 6 ill " Hannah " ... 7 55 ! 13 •
735 6 '25 44 Port Matilda " ... *OO 9 !'.
727 617 •• Martha " ... *O7 925
7IS t; OS 44 Julian " ... Hls 932
7 9 ft *7 44 ('uioiivillo *' ... S 2-1 9 •'
700 54S 44 Srw Shim In " ... h B*2 945
6565 45 44 Milewburg " 14 34 9 4** j
• 46 635 41 H*ll*finto •• ... Ml 957
636 ft 2.5 •• MIMFURIC " * R '4 10 M
6 2-5 ft U 44 Curt In 44 ... 90610 19
6IS ft lo 44 Mount Eagle 44 ... 91210 25
6 9 501 44 Howard 44 ... 92"1" 37
ft 55 4 ftO .... 44 Kaglrvllls 44 ... 93510 49
556 445 44 H. .' h r r ek 44 ... 9401" M
b34 433 44 Mill If All 44 ... 954 11 16
ft 29 430 44 KUtulngtos 44 ... 967 11 2
525 425 44 Look lUvm 44 ...10 01 11 35
I >EN XSYLVA XIA RAILROAD.
—-(Philadelphia and Erie* Division.)—-On AII1
after D*cenit>rr 12, 1 **77
W EST WARP.
F.RIK M AIL HAVES Philadelphia 11 55 PM
44 44 Harri-burg...... 425a m j
44 •* Williamport.... s 35 a m
44 44 lux k Hav*n............... ' 4 4 a r
44 44 Kith-vo .. 10 55 a ni
44 arriat Kri* 7 p rn
NIAGARA LXPIIKSS hm*. Phi I*3. Iphls-. 7 an a m
44 " Harrisburg.... In fto A tn
44 " W illianisport. 2 2 1 ' ptn
44 arrive* at llenovo 4 4 p m
I'wienepni by tin* trmin arnvw in B*lle
fools 4 p m
F AST 1.1 N K leave* Philadelphia. 11 4VAtn
Harr inhtirg. 3 35 p tn
44 44 W|lliAUport 730p tu
44 arrive* At l/wk Haven... H 4 ptn
KA4TWAKD.
PACIFIC EXPRESS leave* I.- k Haven 6 40 • m ,
44 44 WiHiamaport... 7 .V *tn 1
44 arrive* at llarrUburg 11 sft A m |
44 44 Philadelphia... 345 p m '
PAY EXPRESS IIAVN Re* no v.. 10 10 a tn :
4 4 44 Ia k 1Uv00.... 11 20 aat ;
44 William*p<>rt 12 40 4m !
" arrive* at Ilarritburg 4 ]Opm
44 Philadelphia...... 720p m j
ERIE MAIL leave. Reuovo x 35 p m |
44 L<xk llaven 945p n. j
44 W :lliArtip..rL 11 tt'i ptn 1
44 airiv**. at il*rrtt org 245A m I
44 Philadelphia 7no* ml
FAST LINK leave* Wi|lUm|trt 12 3ft a m |
44 arrive* at llArri*hnra 3 ftl am j
44 44 Philadelphia 735a tn I
Erie Mall We*t. Nkor* Etprea* Weal, |/>rk Haven ;
AerntnrnodAtion Wait, and I>*y Kvpre** E*t. make i
rlo*e roan action* at N"rthtimW~rUnd with L. A H. R
K. train* for Wilke*harre and Srrmnton.
F.rie Mail Went. Xl*ar* Expre** Wot, and Erie ;
El pre** Wot. and Lnrk Haven Areommodatieu W*i. I
mak* < lo*e connection *t Williameport with N.C R
W. train* north.
Erie Mail Wt, Ni*ara Expre** Weat, and Pay I
Expre** Ea*t. make rl.ae roanei tioti at L - k Haven ,
With It K V R !i train*.
Erie ftlail R*t and W'e*t connect at Erie with train* 1
on L > A M. 14. K K.. at Corry with OCA AYR ;
K. at Emporinm with B N Y A P. K. It., an 1 at ;
Driftwond With A V. R. A.
Parlor r*r* will ran between Philadelphia and
W"illiani*prrt on Niagara Expre** W.-t. Erie Expre** j
W'e*t, Philadelphia Expre** K*t and Iaj Expr
Eat, and Son lay Expre** Ea*t HUepinc 'arson all j
night train*. Wi A Ruoviv,
Oen'l Superintendent. I
V I CO&M:K CHIU<TNL'T AND NIKTTISTRF.ICT*, I
MHimmi •
Thi* haaaw. prominent in a ity famed f.r It* com
f rtalde hotel*. I* kept In every re*pert e.jual to any ]
fimt via** hotel* in the country. Owing to the *trln- 1
gencyof the time*, the prir* f hoard h* le*n reduced ,
THaRR nciwLAßa per day. J. M KIHHIN. j
1-6-t' Manager. )
/ 11LM0RE A CO.,
" * I.AW AND COI.I.ETTIOJI HOIHK.
629 F STREIST, WASHINOTOM. D. C. '
Make Odlarffon*. Negotiate ham and attend ti> all
ho*ine roi.fij.d to them LAND SCRIP, Soldier'*
Additional II inet*ad Right* and LAND W ARRANTS
bought and wdd. 4* tf j
I iftOli
pp A TRUE TONIC W
A PERFECT STRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
!HO\ BITTERS are highly rwnmmntKlrrl for all diw >•
quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially Indignitum, Itywpcjma, Inlrr
nUtmt Ferer*, Han/ <>f ApprtiU. Lot* of Strength, Isiri <f Energy, tic. Knrichcn
th<> Mood, strengthen* the miiwien, and give* new life to the nerves. They act
like a charm on the liigaativc organs, removing all dvniieptic symptoms, mrh
na Totting the F"o>t, llriehing, Ural in the Stomach, Hmrtrmm, tit. The only
Iron Preparation that Mill not blacken the teetli or glte
heathlclle. Hold hy all druggist*. Write for the A. It C IVmjc, 3'2 pp. of
uaeful and amnaing reading— tent frrt.
lIROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Mil.
BITTERS
f
II ALBERT K. PAINS,
y Uti< Commiwtloa.r of Ptlrali.
t BKNJ. P. GRAPTON. PTORT B. LADD.
PATENTS.
, ' y I'AINK, URAKTON A LAPP,
A AUorncjtat Low and SoUcitori of American
and Foreign FalcnU,
412 Fipth .Street, Waibinoton, I). C.
Prartlc* ilml law In all It* tiranh* la tb# Pat.nl
OB.and lb* loprnw and lire alt Coorl* of tb
Vnitwl Hum. Paiapblat Mad frw. 4Mf
1B(
If Imi ai* a iimn II fmi are a
of hUHinew.wi ak iraui of h-p
--ene<i ty the etrmm tf icrwt'aling over mid*
your Uutie* avotd tilght work, to re*,
•tiinutani* an du • a W tor* brain nerve*lM4
Hop Bittara. ■#. U** HOD B.
If yrei are younw and ■•ufTerlng from any In
dlrrrUun or <lit|>a ■ lion , If you are.mar
rletl or ningie. otd or ■young, euifeiing from
tioorh' alth or lancuuh ■ Ing on a bvU of kk
ar..t rrij un Hopn*lrtarß.
Whor.rrjrnu.r-, JWW Tim"1I<I. dl. .B
--• h.o-.-r Jon '-ri TV 'I nmi.
Ih.t 7,.0r .jrt. in fonn of K Idn.J
d-<h). <lrn.lni<, t..n- *Silu >ni lunfl.l
Intr ur rtimuUllng. b. b-rnprrt-iitrU
Wlthoutinluriruinm, 1 tj . timely u-of
t.ke Hop aW.'V Hopßlttara
• ittara.
ll.re ynniflf.. /f
-> ■ ■ | 0. I. C.
J riT.ri7.. 1' |> .n .t— 'int.
3 nop E^Elr.
iim- of upturn?
You will ne ■ niTTrnn tobacco,or
cured if you nee ■ U TTL DP uaroote a
Hop Bittara O ]\ \\
Ifr-il.re.im M UI,II -" U !>',ldbv An m
piv weak and H iiriffD 4 N'HUlwf
Uij.uM.9l H NEVER Kuvular.
II 11 mayll _. . . 110p Brm!M
aaroyouru UAII
lite. It hna 1 I /\ I I •
aitreti hurt- I tt>wi.r. n. f.
ilruJß. VI. . AT—ii .rh*.
MKaamvvaa*K*KAw>-<'i.umwuMa
Eirtiil'lHHlHililil'M
Battle Creek, Mlohlgtfl,
_ MANUFACTt?RARE OF TIIC ONLY UCJIUiKB
Traction and Plain Engines
and Morse-Powors.
11 iat Comnletr Thrcek-r Factary t Established
tn the World. ' 1040
/\ VPiBQ ♦/ omMsf/wi iis'i wotdw' Ud.
c m ICRfiO ■•". without L. • ? i %ii*\
\J fa IliJliwiii'-nl, I r l*ut;-•!>, '•! " '•! 4 .;" lAs
■' ■ ' rtjud e. rr**,:y git en u* aUan t
4^
' -* - 'j- s I,
STFtM.POWTH SKPAUATORH and
( ottiplrlr Htr**i Outfit* of m<tukl"< wu/0#
hod Tra lion linrim* and ft*lain Lngiur*
ri♦ r in the Amen, an market
A wtoltitntl* ttf •fM I fftVneet anri in pram —mil
for Url.tnrether wiUi *"* fnn *#• u i***r>o
Eg *** a*bri*ii pot iMMdnf ts Uft mriwnt
Feiur etie* of hU jart..rw. fnuu flu I 2 boran
CVMUitjr. far * Ao rtxere
Tw, *ty9-e 'M '* Mounted * If rw prnrrrw
7LAA AAA Krrl of Helrrtrd I timber
,dUv,vUU (/r asfArw''Uw. M
rti*"ant'y on ban 1. from which tmllt the OA
mtnparalAie wtiwi-wurk of our UAarhinerv
TRACTION ENOINES<?>
o- l .(Unlit. r vJtl
m It'll.
Parm-r. Nad Tbri.brrm-n • lnrltr.l ta
tnmrti.-.t.. thl. M"li™ Ttir~hirur M. h!nrry.
Ctnulv. rtit fr— Ail,!ma
NICHOLS. SHEPARD 4 CO.
R.'ttlc Craak. NHoM*®"*
XT()YRY To I.oiin at 6 per C't.
It .AIJI |ty THE; Ml TI'AL I.IFK ISAI'B
AMCK CO. or SIW TURK, on flr.t n,r,rl < . { . on
improved farm pmperly. in sum* not Use than Vt/KJO,
anl ik>l exceeding t,ne-fhird of th* value <if
the property. Any p<rt4a of the principal ran le
paid off at any Us, and It ha* l-een lle uwlott -f the
company to permit the pri*ripal to remain a* long a*
the l*rr>wer wiahe*, if th* interest i* promptly paid.
Api'iy o
CIIARI.) P ANRRMAS, Att/.rn.y .l l.w,
A/7 Court, .tr—t. Ri .ding. Pa.
or tn PAVID 7. KI.INK, 0b Ap(.r.lr.
3-tf n-11.f0n1., P..
ST. XAVIKIt'S ACADEMY,
NKAR LATROBK, PA.,
half a Conliiry old, from
I.* wbl.h tb amrt prwntln.nl and rnltltatcl worn.a
In p.no.ylraala hat. (radnaUd, ff.r. mral ih. r.wiyh
Mmall.ul aid* and hlihmt aUadard of mflalna In
fln.no**. Pnnll* admit!*! at aajr tint*. Iwl; *■
p*na* abort I
Addrtaa, HIRTERE OP MRRCT,
M Ibalt;'! P. 0., Waatmor.land coantjr. Pa.
("} AKMAN'B HOTEL.
vJ OppoallaOnart Ha*., HKLI.EFONTR, PA.
TERM! 11.86 PER DAY.
A food Utnj attarhad, 1-1
I'rii/'rHniotinf tVi #•</*.
will MS A. WML A'lt, II AAfI It 1., h Km",
IIAKHt r. WALLAt I, WILLIAM K. HAM.AI L
WALLACES KHEHS,
T V I,AW AMI I n1. 1.1 11" > om<'K,
January 1,1 SKI CLKAHZIKLL*. PA.
IjMjLIS L. ORVIS,
I J ATTORN KY AT I. AW.
I ||| It I opposite III' Cuftfl II I ' if
A. 0. Kumt'a MiiLling* i Mf
HA. McK 10 K,
• ATTORNEY AT I.A W.
42-tf OlNra (ip|kMlle Court 11• ia.-, It-11• f.n t•. Pa.
|?RANK FIELDING,
I I,AAV AM* COLI.WTIO.V OKKHTC,
IH, l I.KAIIKIKI.iI, PA.
\V T A. MO 11 It I SON,
' • ATTOIINKY AT I.AAV.
ILKLLKKONTK, PA.
OfHre ITI Wiaslrlnf 1 * ILLI K. OJl|.Hl||'* the Court HOUM*
Consultation In English or tleruiaii Hj
C. t. ALEX4KOKR. V. M. BOWEB.
\ LEXANDKR A HOW Kit,
il ATTOIINKYB AT LAW,
Ihdlcfonte, r* , may Im consulted in English or Oer
nuai#. 011 l win (iarinioi'a lluiMtiig. i ly
JAM It A. Itr.tVKH. J. WMI.IT •IfNARf.
HEAVER & GEIMIART,
ATTOKMCVH AT LAW.
Offlr# on AID gh rA itrvet, n- rtli of High. IDllc*
font*. Pi. 1-Iy
nl'. FORTNEV,
• ATTORN KT AT LAW,
IIKLI.KHI.NTK, PA
IAI <) or to the loft in the Court lions*. 2-1)
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
rl ATTOHNKY AT LAW.
IL* LI.LFONTK, PA
00M Allflfbioy Itnwl, OHl P it 001 ill I>
I L. SPANGLKU,
ft • ATTOIINFY AT LAW.
ItRLI.KKoNTK. CI NTUK "1 M V PA
S|*wial attention to <*<#ll* tl**ii. j t \< tie •• in all th
CourU, ConaultAtlnna in Ocrman or K k*o h '. 11)
nK. KELLER,
• ATTOHNKY AT LAW.
on Allegheny Ktre. t - ;tli aoi# f !.\ '•
•tofr, Itcllefontc, p. 1 ly
T. II Mt'RAAT. t Tftt fl OOAIXIff.
MURRAY A CORDON.
H. ATTOHNKY- \T LAW.
I'LKAHKIKLD PA
Will attend tb* Eell#fo|tw Court* when •! ially
tttiployw|. I )y
r p C. HIITLK f
1 •
D-t K IIAN KS. PA.
All litiilneta j-mmj tly attnl 1 I 1 ly
\\ M. I*. MITCHELL,
V V PHA, riCAI St'HVRI
OK I. IIAY KN. PA .
Will attend to all *• rk In Cleart><ld, C.Vntre and
Clinton count Jew.
o{i|aNit# Lirlt llawer# Nat* r. I fv-mk JO ly
W ('. lIEI.VLK,
t ' •
II f 111 \TK PA
tfT. " in Conrad II >•••. tr-e|.
8p btl ilkntku cltcti t t 1 * • m
AH Duairicaa att< T l<-I t>;r< (i ; . .11#
W'lLI.I AM MO ri.l.oroil,
V V ATTORXI Y AT I IH
111 uim.i.u, PA
All btninnn i r- mj f ly attended i 1 I jr
1 \ ' E desin
w w I VI
Complete AM rtment of
Agricultural Implements
F r.VKKT MX 111 I T I
from maker* Hir pri, m are m-tvtitr, af I the
Yjnattfv of our itnf.letnf nt are ae, *nd I-- r. or in the
loarh'f Farmer* and rof#*nn*<-va will |n ue|| to rail
on U* fre pur, h.r*g e)aeher>
tm' *c out tnk , f impleir.enl* tl<l t f ni.d PAX
TON PtIRTABLR MILIIVHS WAO<NI*
Adriance Reapers & Mowers,
OR AIM DRILL*. HAY RAKM, tRN PI ANTKM
HROAD CART GRAIN DRILId*. Tlfl;IIIN<# MA
CIIINM, WIARDCIIfLU.Ii Pl/m - A. A
We alwr# five U) attention t*. RKI'A I RING, and
would r*wj.wetfully edidt U#e patrrifiagr of ilhim <|p.
airing an? thing in the line , t f lin|d menu and Ma
rhioery of every dearripOon
GORDON A- I#ANIMS,
1* f I'KI.I.KKOVTY . I'A.
J J J. BAKER .
COMPLETE MA NT RES,
mv
I'OTA T( I KS. ('AIIIS A O K. CO K N, OA TM,
AVHKAT, KRI'LT TRKKS,
AND KVKIIY FARM CROP.
Th-W. M.niirm r imparMl mp—Ullr for wS
I- rmp, r>.nllnlA In , RK'HIUM f. rm J,
,h stoat f'Kd, In ,h- ,ivi |*"|"iiMii l mjnlrol to
proAitm* Lara** , i-M
Tli, r CIIKAPRR THAN STAIILK MAN I'H M,
pr.-in.inf mnrli Srllrr and morn rrrtaln r—Mlt,
Vr of Al<l trial h*rr ilo o In- Hi* rmrni
•j*trm of Srlllimkiii
A ton innnf. ttimr*, lm|'>rlrr- *n.l di-nl-r* In
Prime Agricultural ChciiiicalM,
STHHTI.V
PURE GROUND BONE,
SCLPIIATK OF AMMONIA.
NITKATK or eUA.
Ml RIATK OK PorASII.
SDI.PIIATR or POTASH.
AC It* RHOAPIIATRS,
LAND PI,AST*.II.
POTASH SALTS. Ac.
Qt ALITV aCARANTKKIi.
ClrcnUm fllnf fnll p*On oUn and nonlainlng br|*
Inlarairtlnf In Arni'm, mailed on appllrailim.
IM OfTYo* : SIS Pearl St., New York.
CANCER REMOVED,
WITHOUT KNIFE, and in moat
V raaa* wHliont paln. AmilT n
.. C. W. p. risliru, SnaUtoiff.
I#*" Onlre Coant >, Pa,
alu CfivU'c jpnn octal.
c/_J>
HKLLKFONTK, J'A.
AQ-RlCCrijTt7llii.li.
Ni:WH, I'M TH AM* HUCJIiI. TIONS.
tun Ttr ur TM* w ATl'inai. un.fAkr ' Tin ifn.i.i-
OIN'K AMI# FUopl'Mtli) or !••! I A I'M AI
i.rrrt / farmer in his annual esperienrt
ditcuverH notnrthmg of value. Write it anil
lend it tn the "Ayrieulturat I'.ditnr af the
I>KMoritAT, fif liefunf e % I'mn'tt," that other
farmer* may hare the benefit *\f \t. I.et
enmmunirntuitiH he. timet and be faire that
then are hrirf and welt /minted.
It in none too 80011 to think nl>out
early latnlw for next spring. Sep
urate the lambs from the breeding
ewoH at once, that they may have
time to recuperate and be ready for '
i breeding again soon after harvest.
j (i HASH is not only the licst milk I
j producer, but at the name time the
j best and cheapest beef, mutton and
; pork maker. Let the animals that j
; are to be slaughtered this fall have '
! all of it they can consume, and of
the best quality, and add a finull ra
tion of grain, and you will Is- sur
prised at the rapid growth made, and
at the superior quality of the meat. I
THOMAS J. Kl*uk, the very elll-1
I cient and hard working Secretary of j
our State Hoard of Agriculture, has
been selected as one of the Vice
Presidents of the International Cut
ton Exposition to be held at Atlanta
| next fall. This is a deserved coinpli
! ment to Mr. Edge, and to Pennsylva
| nia agriculture, and at the name time
I secures to the exposition a iposteapa
j blc oflicer.
I ! KMIY WAIU* Hr t uni remarks
|on the beauty of a field of butter
cups and daisies, but adds that he
; prefers to see it on some other man's
j field. If he had accompanied us to
the State College last w< < k he could
have Is en greatly gratified. We saw
'•'in. Lots of 'em. Whole fields of
j'cm. Don't misunderstand us though.
| It was not on the College farin. Prof.
I Jordan and Superintendent Pall< r
son are altogether too good farmers
, to grow daisies, but some of the
farmers between the College and
! Uellefontc (we don't know whom),
| seem to have a decided preference
for them.
IT lonVn now i! there would I" a
good deal of tangled wheat to c it this
month, (illtd we aren't there.— /',; m
• Am fyy 1
That's just like Atkinson, snugly
tucked away in his cool brick city
office, with soda fountains and lemon
ade factories just around the corner,
and there are lots of just such city
chaps editing "Agricultural" papers
for which we farmers must pay with
| money earned by harvesting "tangled
| w heat," or some other work just as
j hard and disagreeable. Clad he isn't
here, (if course lie is. And they
are ail tarred with the same stick.
Not one of the comfortable fellows
could you get out of his comfortable
olliec to help cut the "tangled wheat,"
i even if it never gets cut at all. Hut
ijusl mention trawl*crry time or j
! melon harvest, or give them a hint
| that the peaches ami grapes arc ready
I to dig, and they w ill construe your
I casual remark into an invitation l*c
i fore you have time to sneeze, and ac
! cepl it so quick it will make your
j head swiin. Well! we nr. "there,"
Atkinson. If we raise our eyes (o
I
the window, we look right into a
J field of seven-foot rye all tied up in
hard knots by yesterday's wind,
which we've got to get into just as
t soon as the shower is over, and we
! would like to have you "there" about
' half a day, just to make you appre
ciate your comfortable fix and stop
you from being so complaisant.
IT is said thut more sickness on- (
5 ours among farmers immediately after
| haying ami harvesting than at any
j other season of the year. The desire
j to get the hay snfidy in, and to cut
j the grain during the brief period be
, s tween ri|M<uing and shelling, urges to
j utmost exertion and exposure. This
;is only natural, and wo not only
; sympathize with the feeling, but
I plead guilty to the charge of indis
cretion in this matter ourselves. This
is not wise. Make it a point to take
as much rest during the "busy sea
son" as possible. Take liberal
"noonings,"and quit at night in time
for a thorough bath, and a half
hour's quiet rest afterwards, Iwfore
going "early to bed." In this wsy
you can prevent a break down whieli
may prove many times more costly
tliaii the little time you will lose by
tills caro for your health, ami don't l
forget to care for the good wife to
whom "harvest lime" mid the increas
ed number of hands it necessitates I
brings with it such a heavy burden
of extra work. Make tilings ns easy
for her as possible. .See that "the
boys" have wood and water light at,
her band. Let one of them go to
the garden in the morning, and dig
enough potatoes for the day's supply
before going to the field. Have sup
per at live o'clock, and then go out
and finish your day's work so that
she may have an opportunity to get
through before night comes and se
cure her much needed rest. Keep
calm. Don't rush. Take things cool
ly, and rest as much as possible. You
will get through your "haying and
harvesting" just as early and much
more comfortably than if you try to
do ten days work in a week, and at
the end of the year you will be bet
ter otr pecuniarily.
Done Dust and Ashes for Wheat.
An Indiana farmer gives the fol
lowing account of an experiment
' with bone-dust and wood ashes as
fertilizers for w heat. Due experiment
does not confirm any theory, nor
docs "one swallow make a summer,"
!*nt either may serve as an indica
tion :
"I applied .0O pounds of dry un-
Icached ashes t< the acre, and sowed
wheat 011 that, and the result was
onlv six bushels to the acre. Ad-
I joining this tract I drilled in 200
pounds of bone-dust, and the three
acres produced twenty bushels to the
acre, l*eing an increased yield of four
teen bushels over the tract sown with
wood ashes. The following year I
used fi"o pounds of l*one-dust on the
plat where I had previously sown
tiiiO pounds ol ashes, and tin- result
wus forty bushels of wheat to the
acre, being double wbattltc boot pro
dii' ed alone. This < vpeiiicent satis
lie i me that ashes alone or lione-dust
alone would not give im- ay ield that
p.id to my satisfaction. This acre
Willi n- lies ynj'led ix bushels; the
acre with b un dust yielded twenty
bushels ; but when the two were com
bined I harvest. 1 forty bushel. This
shows what xjK-riments ami a small
expenditure of money will do for the
progressive farmer."
TomaU*' on Stakes.
| Kt"m I T' !'irr|.l.
' A fro nd t* lis ns that he was pes
tered Is vond measure by the |>otaW>
beetles last year. They not only fed
on his potalocs, but egg plants and
tomatoes suib-ri I as well, lie had
read in the T- /- 'jrnjth that tomatoes
would do wi 11 on stakes, and he
found that the plants so treated es
eape the ravages of the Isetle, while
j those rui the ground were almost do
voured.* The lower branches of the
tomatoes on the stakes were eaten,
but all alwive a foot were untouched.
The ides is that the lieetlc is some
what lazily inclined, at least when
climbing lias to be done. The hint
is a valuable one. If this is not a
mere accident, but a genuine protec
tion against the liectle : it will be a
new argument for stakes, although
those existing are good enough.
There i no doubt that the plants ~re
more productive on stakes or high
trellises, than when grown in any
other way ; and then the influence of
the sun all around alike is favorable
to a thorough lipening of the fruit,
improving the flavor considerably,
especially in the estimation of those
who like to < at tomatoes raw.
It may be rc|>catcd that the stakes
for tomatoes must lo very stout and
| strong, as the weight of fruit requires
something substantial to rest on; or
and if the stakes can have arms knots
to help sustain the branches, it will
be better than depending on twine
alone, The stakes must l*e planted
in the ground firmly 1* fore the plants
are set. These plants are easily
kept in position by-a light tying until
the fruit comes; then the weight re
quires good judgment to secure them
well.
Dissot.VK a bushel of salt in a bar
rel of water, and with the salt water
slack a barrel of lime, which should
lie wet enough to form a kind of
paste. For a disinfectant this home-
I made chlorid of lime is nearly as
good ns that purchased at the drug
stores. Use it freely about sinks,
i cellars, gutters and otherwise, and in
i this way prevent sickness nnd ohvl
! ate great expense .Sou(A and HVW.
No good farmer will pasture his
mowed fields much; some of the
very best farmers we know do not
pasture them at all. Hotter far grow
a patch of corn fishier to cut for
your cows, if you want a good
crop of hay next year don't pasture
the fields much now.—Farm Journal.
TIIK men w ho neglects to purchase
a pure-bred ram liccnusc Its costs
more than a common one is the man
who always insists that sheep are
very unprofitable.
A noon mulch is a better preven
tive against drought than watering.
I
Argument Against the Blind Bridle,
j from (fi f if'li.iti* furinrt.
We know not who invented tliiw
instrument of horse torture, but wo
| know lie (lid not understand the anat
omy snd physiology of the eye of :t
horse. i I urnnn vision is binocular—
tlint is, we see the same object with
both our eyes—and ho adjust the axis
of vision that the object appearH
1 single though seen with two eyes.
I ait the eyes of the horse are placed
on the hides of the head, and the
axis ol each is nearly at right angles
with the longitudinal line of the body,
so that it is impossible that the same
object can lie distinctly seen with
both eyes. Now, by blinding the
eye in the direction in which it was
intended, in its construction, that it
should see, it is forced to use an ob
lique vision, as if we should cover
the front of our Optic, and lie com
pelled to see only by the corners of
our eyes. This unnatural and con
strained use of the eye must to a
greater or less extent impair vision,
if not entirely destroy it. The oli
j-'Ct lor which the blind bridle is used
is not accomplished by it. A horse
is easier frightened when he can not
see the object of his dread than if
lie can have a fair view of it. Hut
it is surprising to oWrve with what
tenacity men hold on to an absurd
and cruel practice when a moment's
reflection should teach them lietter.
Nineteen out of every twenty horses
you see in harness have blind bridles
on, and if you a*k the owner to ex
plain its benefits, or why he uses it,
lie will be utterly unable to give a ra
tional answer. We are not suprised
that draught horses are subject to
diseased eyes—we wander that they
are not all blind.
Mn. W. A. Ahmhtkono, Klmira,
' X. Y., has had very satisfactory ex
perience with green oats for fodder.
Of cutting, curing and value of the
crop lie spoke as follows at a raeet
: ing of the local farmer's club:
"1 have fed many crops cut when
the grain was nearly full,a jicriod in
; dicated to the eye by the gray ap
jiearaiii eof the field. At this stage
there is almost completed growth,
hut the rip< ning prove-s has not be
gun : the -ap i-. in the stalks and the
heads almost formed. After wilting
in the swath a few hours in good
' alher—longer time in poor weath
er for curing the oats arc bound in
sheaves of moderate size and at once
set up two-by-two in shocks, where
. they are left until dry enough to
draw in, the degree of curing dejien
•lent Somewhat on the conditions of
storage. If the sheaves are to lie
put on scaffolds and not packed to
great depth, little care need lie taken
to secure thorough curing in the
.field. Now as to value, 1 must say
( that oats mi gathered are worth more
for feeding milch cows than the liest
hay, if made apart of daily supply.
I have never fed exclusively on oats.
Cows in milk, and doing well on good
hay, will at once show an increased
yield when given a suitable allowance
. of ont, cut green ami cured in the
way I have dcscrilred, and they will
eat all the straw as cleanly as they
consume the l>e*t hay. The fodder
is aNo good lor horses, lietter than
rijie oat* for horses not steadily etn
i ployed, for they keep the eoat good
and digestion unimpaired."
' To avoid sunstroke, says I>r.
Mann, in excessively hot weather,
1 exercise should lie very moderate : the
1 clothing should be thin and loose, and
an abundance ol cold water should lie
drank. Workmen should understand
thai- as soon as they cease to per
spire, while working or marching in
the hot sun, they are in danger of
sunstroke, and tlifcy.should iin modi"-"'*
• ately drink water freely snd copious
• ly to aflTord matter for cutaneous
transpiration, and also keep the skin
and clothing wet with water. Im
' pending sunstroke may often lie
warded off by these simple measures.
' Straw hnt should lie worn, ventilat
ed at the top, and the crown of the
' hat filled with green leaves or wet
' sponge. It is better to wear thin
flannel shirts in order not to check
perspiration.
I
Vwmin on fowls and about hen
I roosts will leave headquarters by
. injecting from a syringe a weak steep
, in water of pennyroyal herb tea.
Urivc this weak steep thoroughly
' over the roosts and the poultry anil
iit will cleanse them from lice. Sev
eral varieties of flies annoy and suck
p ; blood from horses ami other animals.
Pennyroyal steep will drive them
away if the animal is washed with it.
To rare for the comfort and health
j of horses should lie the first thing to
| ' Ik> considered when building or re
pairing a horse stable. Pure air and
sufficient light should lie given in all
stables when |x>ssihle.
i Tnr.ni? is no agent that will pro*
■ toot the ravages of the stripped bug
, and squash bug so etfeetivcly as paria
green when applied to the vines as it
■ is to potatoes for destroying the
lieetlo. It is also efficient in destroy
tho rose bug.
Ci t worms arc very poor climbers,
ami much ot the damage they do to
tomato plants may las avoided by
making a compart mound about the
plants as lsrgo as an inverted tea
cup.
Monxß-ATEi.v broad wheels are pre
ferable to narrow tires for use on
heavy wagons.