I*rofrs*io ha I Ga #•#/*. WILLIAM A. WAtLA<% DAVID t. KRKM, HARKY r. WALLACE, WILLIAM R. WALLACB* WALLACES KREBS, T f LAW AND rOLLIXTION OVUCK. January I,IMSI. CLKARPIRLII. PA. VLLI3 L. OR VIS, I J attornky at law. oFFirK op|Hjait# tlie Court lloiim*, o lha Hojr nf A.O. Furrt'r uuilding. *l-011 PRANK FIELDING, I LAW AND COLLECTION OPPICK. . ! 121 y CiLEARSIKLD, PA. A\r A. MORRISON, 1 > . ATTORNKY AT LAW, IIKI.LKIONTK, PA. j Office In W.ltlni > lildck.op|aadl llicCourt lld., j Coutullalioii In Kngtiah or Urrmun. '2-ly | C. r. aid ornik. c. M. town. ! v LEXANDER k BOWER, J\ ATTOUNKYB AT LAW, It, Ucfoutr. Pa , may he con.nltcd In Engllah or Ocr ' man. Office in Oarman'a UuildluK. t-ljr j . J* A. HIIVEK. 1. tnutltniM. j pKAVKR & G KIM I ART, 1 > AT fOKNKYS AT LAW, office en Allegheny afreet, north of Illgh. Dello. fmite. Pa. 1-ly UF. FORTNEY, a ATTORN KY-AT-LAW, UKLLKk'ONTB, PA. lMl door to the left In the Court Hooae. 2-ly JOHN BLAIR LINN, f J attorney at law. lIKLLKFONTE, PA. OIR-o Alleghany Street, orer Port Oflice. *2l-ly T L. SPANGLER, t) o ATTORNKY-AT LAW, BKLLKPONTK. CENTRE COUNTY, PA. Special attention to Cotlectiona; prwcltcea In all tbo Ci.uru; Conaultotlon" In O.rmnn or K gilah. 1-ly i OS. KELLER, ■ ATtOIUfVY AT t.AW, <*lTire on Allegheny Street South aide of Lyon'r •tore, Bellefonle, Pa. 1-ly T H. MURRAY. CYRUS 00RDOM. Murray & Gordon, attorneys-atlaw, CLEARFIELD PA. i Will attend the Hollefonte Courta when •pecially natptoywL ' 'f r r C. HIPPLE, Jo attornky at law. lock haven, pa. All hmloeaa promptly attended 10. 1-ly \\*.M. P. MITCHELL, 7 ▼ PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, LOCK IIAVEN, PA , | Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre and Clinton countler. Ofllre npporite Lock Ilaren Nati->nal Rank. 20-ly \\ T 0. HEINLE, y y a ATTORNEY AT LAW. HKI.LBPONTR, PA. j Ofßee in Conrad House, Alleghroy sIfHL Sperial attentmn giran to ih collectlott of claim*. , Ail butineM attende| to promptly. 21*1/ ' WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, y y ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. All bnstneas promptly attendee I to. 1-ly M inertia neou*. Ipol™ W.th COSTIVENEftS, Sick Haadschs. OVSPEP- SiA. Low Spinti. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. Lots of Appetlts, Psin in Iht Stdo, Af 1 ail the mimmrtu ailment* re—sequent np*n a die ordered Mate of the Lifer, when yu hYe rrrtnlu reine*ly within yonr reach. Tlal remely U GREEN'S Liver Pills. Th**e Pit!* are of vw*> risd*. and when need in "OliDwfloa with earh other arrnrdiitg to dlrwtktS#, are INYARIAHLV ftI'CCILAftFI L. They are sugar mated, iod are SENT BY M AIL m receipt of price In ord**r U> prevent counterfeiting they are jnit up in Rot an hogea, with the *ignature or f. P. LRKP.N • r -'in I each horn. Pri e, No l,2Grta ; No. 2, BO < t*. Mannfactured only ly V. POTTS GREEN. HKI.LKFONTK, PA. New York V/eekly Herald. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. r |MIE circulation of this ttoptilnr 1 newvpoper i rontiantly in* reasing. It C4>ntaina all the leading new* of the I>alt v lliau*, and Is arranged in handy departm nt. The FOREIGN NF.WH .mlirw-M dln and dtoa>*.ftiw r.latln, to th. doto-a of tha farm.r, hinta for ral.lng Carrit, pnt ltar. Oaaik*. Tax*. Vaaitaim, *r., Ac., with anttMtlona tor kr.(iln, hnlldingi and nt.ualla In rm |wTr. Thl ta auppl.m.ntnl by • walloatltad d.imrt- Bi.nl, wldrlj roplid, nud.r th* hand of THE HOME, (Iking rlpaa for gractlrai dl*h.a. hlnta for mahlng clothing and f-ir k.'t'i" P lth th. lalort faahlona at th. b,wMtprt. F.r.ry li.m of cooking or M-.momy angjc*td In thla d|*rtni.nt la i>ractleally tmtml by .t|pwl> brtur* pnldtcntion. LHIm from onr Parta and London rorrr.poml.l,l. on tha tri latmt faah ton. Th. Horn* IhpartßMil of th. Wlmli lltnaia will aaka tha houiwwtf. mar. than On. hundred tisrn tha prica of tha papar. Tha lntrta of HKILLED LABOR ara look ad aft at, and .karythtng p.rtalnlng to m r hr,lea and lalmr anting la car.folly recorded. Thef a la a pag. darot.d to all lha lataat phaaaa of tha bnat n.aa mark.ta, Cropa, Makchandlaa. Ac,. Ac. A ralua bl. Mon ta foil ml la tha afmtetly reported prbaa and arnditloaa of THE PRODUCE MARKET. Heoirtko Ntwiatboow and abroad, togathar with a StoT atary wot, a **.>* by aoma eminent db tlaa, LrrnaOT, Miaicai. Da an arm, Puaonai and S'a Surra Thar* la no |*|"r In th* world that rno laina ao mnrb ii.wa nwttar atory wk aa th* Wui lt I In, in. which la acnl, poatag. paid, for Una Dob lor. Ton can attbacrib* at any time. THE 7 ( OWB NEW YORK , In a Weakly Norm, { DOLLAR HERALD f (A YRAR Addram, NEW YORK HERALD, 3-1 Broadway and Ann lltraot, Naw York For Hale. A FARM containing Fifty Acre*. and hating thwreoo Jg&Aa TWIbBTOBT T&&ME m:n.m3-n -Ji - - ; ifn ifrr • I t'Umn, McFarlane <0 Co., Hardware I holers. HARDWARE! AVILSON, MoFAULANI3 & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, HEATERS. - A LS( I Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. ALLEGHENY STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK. .... RKLLEPONTK, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. 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KLIN K, Co.** Ap|*ri*r. a-tf IMMofttt, Pa. VIAKMAN'B HOTEL, V J ll|>po*K*( , Every farmer in hit annual erjierutnee I ducaveri eumtlhiny of value. Write it ami iend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the DkMOCBAT, Jlellefonte, l'enn'u," that other farmer* may hare the benefit of it. f,et Communication! he timely, ami br aire that they are brief and well pointed. Drying llay by Artificial Means. The system of drying hay by arti ficial heat, ilevised by Mr. \V. A. fJibbs, of < • ill well Park, Clung ford, Essex, has been ln-fore the public several years, ami though its adop- \ lion has made slow progress, it is | now being used by several well known agriculturists. Since the con | Htruetion of the apparatus was first publicly described it has received several improvements, and it is now constructed with a single vibrating trough, along which the hay gradu ally traverses ; the coke furnaces arc combined in one with the trough, ami shaking and vibrating mechanism upon two pairs of road wheels for easy transport, and the width has been reduced to seven feet. A writer in the London Time* j recently saw the machine at work, and says that grass from a water meadow was being put through the apparatus, encountering at first a hot blast of alMiut 400% which drives off the moisture in stearn, following through other streams of less heated air, and being delivered in a condi j lion of finished aromatic hay of rich ; green color. Each load of more than ; two tons was put through in (illy-flve ! minutes, or a slightly longer time than it took a man to load it in the field. One feature, be says, in Mr. Gibbs'machine is its value for con j verting injured hay into good, whole j some hay, the fans blowing out dust | and must, while the sulphurous gas ! from the burning coke is believed to ; destroy the germs of microscopic life | which may be the cause of disease in live stock fed upon foul bay. It is suggested that were these hay driers 'in the hands of int-n who let out thrashing machines, and could work ' them at a time of ycat when little thrashing remains to Is- done, they would save an immense acreage of i bay every season in splendid condi tion. Another system, which prom | UK's to be of even higher economic : value, has recently, however, lieon I described as in successful use for several seasons by Mr. Xeilson, and more recently by Mr. Knowle*, of Colston UiMttt Hall, ISinghatn, near Xolingham. Tliis aye tern consists in thoroughly tedding and lightly scat tering the grass as soon as cut by a machine, and so expose it to the withering action of the air, whether under sunshine or shower*. In aliout two days the green hay, without any turning or other lnltor expended upon it, and whether wet or not, is, in its half-made condition, carted ami stacked. The rick at once begins to ferment nnd heat, and the heat so generated is employer! to finish the process of hay-making. The tcm perature to which the hay is allowed to rise is regulated, nnd the means employed for this nnd for draining otf all the superfluous moisture have been thus described : In the raised base or staddle on which the rick is to stand, whether that is an ironwork structure or raised earth, is laid an airtight pipe, which may lie of earthenware, of from three inches to six inches diameter, joined with cement, and this lube or air passage communicates with a ver tical one in the centre of the staddle, and rising a short distance to the center of the height of the rick. An exhaust fan connected with the hori zontal part of the pipe is situated at a short distance from the stack, in a building or otherwise. In case of a long rick, the horizontal pipe is con tinued along the middle of the stad dle, and two vertical pipes are used. Kach aperture at the junction of the vertical nnd horizontal pipes is (Hied with a sliding damper, and can be opened or closed by a rod extending outside the bottom of the rick. In stacking the hay a vertical nir shaft or chimney is formed over each aper ture, by the common method of drawing up a sack of straw or a round chad basket ss the building ot the rick proceeds; but these ventilat ing flues arc carried up to only half the height of the stack. When the exhaust fan is set in motion,drawing air from the underground pipe and rarefying the air in the chimney, the replacement of that air can only come by currents penetrating the rick from the outside walls and roof, and grad ually converging into the chimney hi the center. liy this exhaustion of the hot air and moisture out of the middle of the mass, cold air la induc ed to enter the stack at all points and to seek the central flue, bearing with it the excess of heat and the moisture, and cooling the whole sub stance of the rick. Very IltUe power la required to drive a lan of the necessary size, nnd Mr. Knowlcs' five horse steam engine drives the fan when giving out a mere fractional part of it* power. One horse, work ing a fan by means of aa ordinary i * I horse gear and intermediate motion, will do well; ami two men turning a corndressing machine fan, arranged in connection with the air lube, have been abie to accomplish all that was wanted for cooling a stnek. With a gentle exhaust, the atmospheric air is caused to permeate every part of the rick in ample quantity for keep ing down the temperature of the fermenting grass. The writer referred to says: "Mr. I Knowles has brought the internal I temperature of a large rick from 130° I down to 'JO° in the short period of forty minutes. In the rick while building lie lays at various heights i wooden tube* of bore large enough to admit a thermometer to In; intro duced on a lath, these Uil>es reaching horizontally from the outside to the center; and thus the heat of all por tions of the stack can Ik; examined. A temperature of 100 J is considered the maximum at which it is advisable j to let the fermentation work, the fun i being set in operation as soon an the j temperature approaches this. The same provision of air ducts and a j manually operated exhaust fan has j I>eeri employed with advantage in keeping barley and other corn stacks j from heating." This system of drying half-made hay or dry corn deserves to be made generally known, not only because of the large quantities of crops which may be saved by it, but because of the remarkable economy of labor which it secures. The system should, moreover, afford our agricultural j implement makers an additional arti- 1 cle of manufacture, by means of which the system might be carried out with facility. Special Manuring—A Suggested Experi ment. Col. r. n. Carta In IS. Trll.au- To what extent it will pay the farm er to hire help is a question which re quires close calculation. It will al ways pay to hire help to secure his crops, and it ought to pav to hire help to put them in, if lie cannot do it himself. It will pay to have help enough to do it well. Will it pay to expend money for improvements ? This opens a wide margin. It will pay to drain land. The first crop wiil often lie enough Is-ttcr to make up all of the cost of drainage. It is a good investment to relay and make fences necessary to protect crops, although most farms have too many fences, and too much money invested in them. It will pay when the care of crops does not. occupy the time of the farmer, to clear the stones otr the fields, to Trim oil and i cut away bushes so that something useful may grow in their place, it will certainly pay to hire this done ,if it cannot be accomplished other wise. Will it pay to hire a man and j furnish him a team to make and | spread manure upon the farm. To j make this work his special and solo business. In winter he should haul I muck into the farm-yard, to mix with the manure from the animals and to j absorb the liquids or put into piles 1 to l>e Awectcned by frost and sun shine,wnl made fit for use. In spring lie sloidd cart this and spread it upon the field—then spend the remainder of his lime in collecting muck, leaves soils, or anything else which was the handiest and best to to go into a compost heap, or to be used as apsorpants alut the stables. The weed* should be gathered, the brush collected and the ashes used for the compost. Lime should lie brought from some kiln, if not 100 far distant, and mixed with fJie refuse and the muck in the compost heap, how the farm could beclcard up and much material going to waste lie transformed into fertilizers. Would not a manufacturer of this kind be lictter than spending money for man ufactured stimulants in the guiae of phosphates ? The picture looks good. Kach day our man would add to the richness o( the farm and fill the barn and graincry fuller. The manure could be spread thicker and farmers know what that means, bigger corn, more wheat, heavier grass and green er pastures. Could lie average one load a day, twenty-six loads a month ? This would change twelve acres from poor to rich ; nothing, to profitable culture. This would pay his wages and hoard, close figuring. A load of manure ia always reckoned to lie worth a dollar, many farmers consid er it to lie worth twice that amount. If tbia is so, and I believe it is. then one man should have a double credit. The team must be provided for in the calculation. A yoke of oxen, four years old, could be bought for SIOO. They would be sufficient for the work and their growth oug bt to lay for their keeping. A great many successful farmers keep a team of this kind and estimate their increase in aixe and weight oqual the interest on the co tand their keeping. If they are correct, and I think they are, then the outlay for our special man is re duced to bis board and wages. The experiment involves no risks. Old ditches could he cleaned out and wid ened, and the material would be good to compost. New ditches could be made which would furnish material. 80 comport heaps and better drain age could be united, which would double the farm improvement. In the old countries special pains are taken to increase the fertility of the soU by utilizing every available ma terial, which ia lite foundation for \ L large crops ami population. This kiml of economy is untried in Amer ica, hut is rapidly becoming neces sary. Farmers are trying to patch up their farms by buying fertilizers of transient value, ami at the same time letting go to waste material which, with a little labor, could be rendered permanently beneficial. Keeping Apples. From lli Ti-gr*|.h. It is well, perhajw, to touch upon this subject, as the time is approach ing when we must prepare room to store the winter apples. In this, as in almost everything else, people dif fer as to the best method of keeping apples through the w inter as well as into spring. In fact, they are fre quently kept until June, with the flavor very little impaired. Of course the utmost care must lie taken in gathering them from the trees, then sorting them and putting them light ly into dry flour casks. The barrel should be beaped somewhat, and the heading pressed down firmly, lit-ing careful not to bruise them. These casks should la- left under a dry. open shed until as far into November as the frost w ill admit of. Light freez ing weather will not harm the fruit; in fact, it is only when there is dan cer of freezing that it should be re moved. The barrels should then be taken into a lireless room, where there will lie no danger of freezing; or. which we would much prefer, a cold, dry cellar. When carefully disposed of in this way, there is little risk of applies becoming unsound throughout the winter and spiring, provided that they are of a fair keep ing variety, such as Smith's Cider the Cartiiousc, the Baldwin, the Rhode Island Greening, the Spiitzen berg, the Northern Hpiy, Ac. It must be remembered, however, ; that a barrel, say of Baldwins, from one tree and one locality will not perhaps keep as well as a barrel from some other. It may be from some t peculiarity of the soil, though per ! haps as likely to be from some con stitutional defect in the tree. One i thing is well ascertained, that fruit j from an old and worn-out tree will | not keep as well as fruit from the same variety of which there may be ] but a moderate quantity on the tree. It seems, therefore, that fine, large, healthy-looking fruit of any kind should have the preference &S long keepicrs. If these precautions are taken the appde is not hard to keep. Most fail from keeping them 100 warm. The usual store-room of the house, where they are generally put, is not the i best |Jace for them. They need to lie kepit as cool as piossitrlc. Indeed, as wc have already said, a little frost t does not hurt them, provided this low tempx-raturc is regular. A fre j quont change from cold to warm is | fatal to the keeping quality of any | fruit, much less the apple. Wicv-riDg Pig*. I have found that it costs as much j or more to winter a young pig as it ! does an old hog, and have abandoned the practice of wintering anything I but breeders. A breeding sow may : Is- allowed to have a litter of pigs in ! the spring which can be sold, ami the old one will get in fine condition, almost, if not quite fit for butchering, i on clover, cornstalks and roots. And j we count the income derived from piig* as an extra gain. There is , always a demand in the spring for I young pigs at from |2 to $4 each for fattening, and a higher price for j breeding stock, which makes the I I rod Is on a breeding sow equal to that of a cow witli a great deal less ; cost of keeping. By a little pains taking and eflort a farmer can make market far his pork at a price more remunerative than what is usually paid for it in the carcass. Town i jicopilc will buy and cat more pork if they know that it has been grown ami fattened on wholesome food. MR. WILLIAM KLLMAKKR, of Earl, I'enn., had a field in which the foot 1 could not lie set down without strik ing thistles. He determined to try the pilan of allowing none of their leaves to breathe. He plowed it for corn, and when the corn was three ioehes high the thistles were six inches. His shovel-harrow and hoc cut all off. He went over the field six times, and felt like giving it up, but piersevered. They were very thin and spindly at the seventh going j over, Riid then disappeared. None came up the next spring nor since. The ground was full ot their desd roots. TH* Dublin Farmer claims that a full feed of hav to horses, to follow concentrated food, is wasteful, and crowds the latter out of the stomach before propier digestion occurs. This authority claims that the hay should be fed first to avoid the above-men tioned trouble. A hearty drink of water upon a full stomach also oper ates to pußh its contents into the intestines before there is proper di gestion. FAILURE to get grass well set is the turning point on which hinges the gate to aifluenee on the one baud and to failure on the other, excepting only the few case* where It is possible to recuperate exhausted land by means of sow* convenient abundance of manure from without jam