Professional (\trtls, Q I>. RAY, lOe ATTORNKT AT I,AW, IIKLI.KFONTK. PA B|.eoiel iillMitloii given !• Hie collection of claim*. Office adjoining ILnfe. 4-1A j THOMAS J. McCULLOUGH, A ATTORN KY AT LAW, PtIILIPSBUHU. PA. * OIK— in Alliart Own'* building, In the tnvoi bum r nil v . upl-d bj lilt' l'lllll|i.l>uig Hanking i I 4-ly. I n. a. iu*T|r„.. w. LIOML nASTINGS & REF.DER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, IIKLhF.FON fK, PA. Ofllca on Allnghany atrnat.two doora -art of tlio ot ic. o, < iipii tl <>> law firm of Yih um A Hullo,;. 4'Ml n. M'IKI. j I)EALE tt McKEE, A ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 34-tf Ufllrv o|i{H)Ait >(!uurt HoOM, BlUfuOt*, P*. T. 11. foci'M W HAM*IIRTLOILL, VOCI'M A IIARSIIBERGER, JL ATTORNEY A I LAW. HKLLEFONTK, PA MH on N K. MM l BIAHIAS and AIMMJf it, in tl." Mom tattly nccipad by Tocab A Hawop. mii.iiu A. fUUCA Ml i. A*r.it, N IKITT R. WALLAH, WILU IU >. WALLACI. WALLACE at KKEBS, ▼ ▼ LAW AND COLLECTION orFlt'B, January I, IHNI, CLKAKMKLP. PA* T7LLIS L. ORVIB, lJ ATTORNEY AT LYW OFFICE oppoeiteth# Court lluune, on th* 2*l floor of A. 0. Furet'e (.uildiitg. A-6U o*f. mLIZAXDER. C. H. SOW BR. A LKXANDEU A BOWER, J.Y. * ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Beitefottte, Pa.. may consulted in Kngliidt or Ger man. Office in Uermau'e Building. 1-1) I?RANK FIELDING, 1 LAW AND COLLECTION OPPHE, lMy L.LRAKrIKLD, PA JUIC* A. Ii F AT Kit. I. WMLII DirllAM. 1 >KA VK R it GE PI I ART, JL) ATTORNEYS AT LAW", OfHc* on AUogh-tty rtr..l, uortb of lllcb. Ball* font*, is V 1-1 y Df. fortney, • ATTORNKY AT I.AW, lIKI.I.KFONTK, PC. laßt dor to th* left In the Court liuua*. 'i-l) TOHN BLAIK LINN, tl ATTORNEY AT LAW, HKI.I.KFuNTE, PA Offi" All-ghana Sir—t rr P-nt nfli • 41-lj I L. SPANG LER, tl a 4TTURNEI c r LAW, HELLKFONTK CKN HIE <X>LN I Y', PA. K,—cla. atbntbm hi ' .Hncll-in: pfartlraa •" •" " ,r C., irt*. i\>n*nlt*tl"n. In lIiTTMAU or K gU-li. I'D n s. KELLER, J /. . I-Y AT LAW, Olfl-a on Allagh.nj Sir—t South nlil<> of Lt'.n'. I Ihw, WMUR I'. Mj rr c. HIPPLE, J • ATTORNKY AT LAW. LIK'K HAVRN. PA. All bntna#* promptly MWM to. I I, TX7M. P. MITCHELL, H PRACTICAL NI BVETOE, LOCK II WKN. PA., Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre and Clinton con tit tee. OSMAppelli Uck Havh Hiflotitl Rifik 2*^-1) Wo. HEINLE, !? , ATTORNEY AT LAW, UK' LF.F'iNTK, TA Oftc* In Ctinr <f llntt*., Allagh -nyrtraat. Spactal rttnntm i g,tan I ■ fh cullacUoa of claim* All adad i" promptly. .'M - W'IIaLIA.M MCCULU>UG . M ATTORNEY AT L\W\ *Li: tItKIM l. P\ AH bwinwi peonptlr at*amtet to '•'* UK. Hi Y. M. I).. .• OlK*"* in Coi r-i i Hawwa.aboa LawfMßca. 11K1.1.1 PUNT'. PA Si* 111 altanllon *i**n I.' 0 rain. S irg.r, an.: CTir.iinr liimia. I 1, I \R. JAS. H. DOBBINS, .M. D., 1 / PHVSICIA.N AND HrßiiKoN Offlre tit., over 7. -i.it* r - Ir*g *r+, A-tf liKLLIaFOML. I'A. nH. J. W. RHONE, Don tint, can f>* found at hi* e and rwadmr. on Xmrtl •Ida of 11 fik ti itrwi three doom of Belief out*, p*. ia-i I Ha*inees Cards. v TIARNESS MANUFACTORY J[ A in (l*rman'i New Block, IBLLKFONTK, PA M| ■J* P. BLAIR, X • - JEWELER, WATCH It mJ>Clii. otlllt, Ac. All work tftlli .sacntad. On Atlaghany atraaf, nndar ifwYwhof Htwp. A-ff DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ONLY. • I ZELLER k SON, ; ~ tl • IIRCOOIRT*. a, | No # Brnclmrhnir Row J; 5 1 All Ilia Standard Pat-ni M~llrln* Prn-j * £ jacrtl'tiona and Y'arnily Rwipa acr.iratal, j. _ £e Ui.iar'd, Tninaa* Nb'i*ld*r Brwaa, Ac . Ac. 5 > I c. newt*. Praa't. t. '• **!. f'aah'i. T?IRBT NATIONAL BANK OF F BRLLKFOSTR, Allcabint Rtfaat. Ballafont*. Pa. i-lf M inceilaneouA, rpHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, BKLLKKONTE, PA., M NOW orr RHINO GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO THoR WlelllNO FIRST-CLAM Plain or Fancy Printing. We have unusual facilities for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PKOORAMMKB, STATEMENTS/ I CIRCULARS, P BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DE VISITS, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OK BLANKB. Order* by mail will receive prompt \ attention. Stir Printing done in the beat style, on abort notice end at the lowoat rate* /iARMAN'3 HOTEL, . VI o|s|-o.|t Cmrt lloo**, DKI.LEFONTR, PA. TR lat 3ft PR "AT. A ruvi Llr.i y ettaO-at. l-l 111/ win, Mr Far lane f Co., Hardware Dealers. HARDWARE! "WILSON, McFABLANE & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES i HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BXJII_IDEAS' HARDWARE ALLKdIIK.N'Y STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... HKLI.RFONTE, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. HELLEFONTE & SNOW SHOE IC. R. rimo-TalilT In cfTccl on nud afler Man L I.IHNI : Lsatol Snow Slme 6.:n", *. M.,*rrlTc* In Unllalunt* f.ill t H. tea.,.. liidlafunta v.ll *• "..arrltaa at Snow Sim. I| i' ft M L.av." SnawSboa 2JIO r..,arrlaa In llcllafonta 4 uJt." Ilcllafonia *V. r. n .arn.a. at Snow Slio. T jAr. M. S H BLAIR,Oan'I Suparlotaudaiil. OALD EAGLE VALLI?)' RAIL 1) ROAD—rinia-rabla, A,.rtl ".T. !': nap. Mail, wiatwabb. a*TWKI>. K*JI. llaJl h pi 7 ArrlT* At Tyron* L*a*. ■■■ T * d l * , .1 0 AN !*•*. Rait Ty fun* Law**— I dn a no ,SV A&l " Vatl " ••• 1 • N : .V, u*T " Raid Aula " ■ T47 u ,a ° itS " ■••>" " -1 M i c •• llannali '* ' bl4 I 6 " Purl Malllda " ... A l " "l w n7 BIT •• Marti,a " ... ""7 J' :i; •• Julian " ... A 1", : i, •• i iiioiiiiia •• ... a M .0U r. 4. M Snow Stioa In " ... A b4S '.r, i 4:, *• i# . K 34 b4a j 4ti i .IA " Ballafont# " ... ►4l •A. ' ~1, i '• YlllaalullK " ... " *lO I* °r. *r •• < rtm •• "la sin " Mount Kajl# " ... * 1 ' * ! ' i l,| •' 11...aid " . b .<■ 1 4 :aj .... " li.lrlllla •• ... b.alo pi I .VI IV, ...... - r.rk '• ■•40 10 M ! .11 4 .1. •• Mill IUII " -bMII IA ! -j, o Flamlngton " . bl7 II J 44A " Lock llaTrn " ...10 1 I " I >KN NSYLYA NIA HA ILROA I>. I Phlladal|'hi • and Eri* Wlion.>—On and alter Dacaintwr Id, 1 k 77 w KSI w AUIi. tltlK M AIL la***# PLlladal|diiA..ll AA p m •• lUrrl-Lur*.................. 4 It a ni <• •• W'llllamapurt *3A a m o >• Uick llaian - b4oa ni ~ a Rvihito 10 AA ain •• antra- al 7 .ITi pln NIAOARA KXPRBSS l-ara. PlilUdalphla i9d ■ I •• || nrialiuia I '. an M •• W illlamap-Ul. 'J Vp • M arriaat at KanoTo. 4 40 p n Paaaangi r* by tbla Haiti air,r In • lla font- al ■••• { ]' P 0 FAST LINK l-aia# Philadelphia 11 4Yan o " llarri-lailK ■ I h •• Wtlllaiuipin7 AO pa J •• arritaa al l-*k llar-n A 4" p n EA'TW \P.P. PACIFIC EXPRESS laara# I. • 4 llar-n C 1 a n •a M V* ililemeport.. # Wl# •4 errlvee et Merrtehurir.. 11 Men •• M Philedelpliie.... .1 4* | HA V EXPRESS War— R-n. r,. 10 |o an. • • •• |/A-h lleven 11 '2*' e e •• " W illierua^ort l' 2 40ee M errlvreet IUrr nrg - 4 1 |* n • •• rioledt !|'Lie. 7*|> n ERIE MAIL War.. R-a SAp a " L*M k lleven 94% p n • ** \VllMAfliO|tir I. II '*f i' f> M rlvee et !lerrft ur? f 4*ef •a phiiedeip|i>e 700mu | F.%?T LINE LEN*EE Wtlllaniefiort IS Wen •• errtvee et lUrrtlnrc...*.w. 3 en | a* " Phile/t+lphte 7 lien j F.rie Meil Weet. Slrer Kt| re*- H |>w k llevei i Aff.in.nueletktn e*i erul Imjr Rapre** Lml,iwl j cioee .;nertuweet Nortliumherletid with I. 4 11.1* i K treii* f r *ilke*l*rr. end flerent'*n )>i \f 11 tt Niiwere fUpreee \tet. end Eri IntfonWet* I n uk* muecttoi *' flTlltbUMflfl eith P **' I j H , tfein* i i.rth Eri Mid We*t. N',e v -ere Ktpreee Weet. end Te F.ti r*t i itl meke ; e nr.rctinn et Ixxk l!er tt iJ H I \ U U tr n- V Ht'l RulMfi W-at ,w tet Krf * eith -ei* on I. " 4 M H R K it I rt) ei I* t A A V. I H , et VrniA4riun with H N Y 4 P. II IL. en 1 • Driftwood eith I V R II Perlr 4"r *iil rio i •#, l ' '•' ' WiUien44.|M.r "O Me Wei Erie Fif-ree Weet. PhlledelphU Kijr • e t end IT Kifr** j Ket. end .'•un-ley Rt|ri* Lel fU'i-irr certun ei night treine. Wp. A Batafliie, Gen'i **4 fr^riritrfwfee* N V . Tcvl. . S Cnr A ix < •3 -6**- \ <K I JOHN IIARRIB,^ HOLE AOKXT, r-m PRI LRFONTR. PA. MOX'tfY To Loan atO per Ct i,AV/A ' lJl lit TIIE MUTUAL LIFK INSL'R A NCR 00. OP NEW YuRR, on Aral nu.rlgaaa. o. Improvad farm pr>,party. In nam. n.d lam thai, $/,'* and not aicaadlna nna-U.lrd of ika pr—ant rain, o tb pmparty. Any portion of tnn prlurlpal can t paid off at any Mm#, and It baa b#n lb- -whim of th, •mnpany to parmlt tha prtwdpal to ramaln a* tonp a tba liocruwar wtabaa. If tb# lataraat It promptly paia Apply t CIIARLKS P. SHERMAN.Attorncy-al law, VJT Court, atraat, R*a4la|, Pa., or to DA7ID R. RLINR.Co.a Appr.lwr, J-tf Mallafoata, Pa. For Sale. A FARM containing Fifty ACTOR. , and baalai thoraoa -n. I.d a TWO-STORY PRA R BUILDING and out balldlnc*. Tula good In.ulrtof A. JIT.IL OKI EST, M Unto irllt*,Can tr* rauatg.Pa. / \ SYMPATHIZE THE HOPE or/ TJY WOMAN Vr^ I THE R ACEIv) a %r| I I \ LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VE3ETABLB coaroiiirs. A Nur* Fare for all FEMALE WEAK NEHBFM, [minding I.rurnrrb<rn, Ir regular and Painful Mruatruutloa, Inflnmmatlon and t'lrrrullan of tbr Womb, Flnadlng. PltO. I.APHFH FTEKI, Vr. t. lll#fast*. vfli iwrD-t e nr. 1 111 lie effect. II li fmt hrlp la pfTfMWT nod r% Urve. pain dor in* labor nod at rfuUr minoiwiwiT IT nrfriT. t"F*F"* ill of fbefetiprtllts i rv" nf tillirt wi.lt k* MfQld lo DO mwdjr thai U ** r krvn lefore It# fmbitf ; Md for nil divaiet of IU K f rKT It La the Ormlraf Xmef ri ■ tk* H orfd. rrEIONKY fO.YfPI.AINTWwf Either Sri Kind (.rent llrllf flail® I •. LTDI % V IM\KIIME* RIAOD Pl KlflFH Will • nul ale rvery vr*ti|r* ©f fltttn ra from the ft d. at lb# Mtme f.nw ||l git e ton- • ' 1 Hrv-mrth I fLetyvtrm. A* rnai reiki'ti* In rvwuli* aa lla® O IML I r IHb the C"mp"ond d K-odhirlfirr are pm |Hti ' ffi tiki C& Wpetrro Aenue. Lynn. Kan. IVffenfellher.i!. Sit DnflW® fbf ftV C'Ciporin I I' aenl by ii*n In the form f (4!l* rtf 1 *• hgw, on ecc'jt of price, fi pgr Imt for elther. Mr . link!.am freely tniwrr* all ItfUrtof kkjulry, Rmlowlcttt atauip. fka-l for pamphlet. Me* turn fAta />a|rr f nrf.TlUa F hwimi'* 1 rrn IHJ® rnrm ( < tatp* l!n. IkiloinadtadTbn , MUy of Ike Urr. Is rtiU - by nil I>racgita.-\ 1 <> I > f For pnla la tha limb®, bar.ft, •tomacfk, v f bmt, iH or VlKlrtLtafce Pa- \ / at* * fIHHHHBHHHHHBHHHHHHH \ } *'For mmphf ih®tomvh. crMrffur- * f Vto®, or Toodllluf, uk® Phut \ f •Tor morb, athma, night rw*®t®. ibnrt- \ . OTMof brtaUi,Uko l ARI NA. i •'Forchrrmlr bmnrhltls.plrarliiT, \ I and tor* Utrualof a~y kiad—Taut jia." ■■ \ 4, P*mr*A It tM moat yr* mpt r\r f / tC> lent tawliclDo ksto-wa tonua/' ■■■■■ > / §, PE*rwA |a tha inMrr, pormt V ' irn\r % lofft of Ui hod/ and ' , mud.- aaananammn \ j "It "n't >~T. VaA* PiarwA |U Y I W.A or wnttiM awir.iillT, ran-trmiuka > paucaa. " aMßanaaana \ •-fliro wi nbe paid fnr the Inrnt I mnurltToe i' f mlucralUuaiuAorlJutauad ID I'sai.SA. "!■ \ y Sold ererruhere. For nerorhlet write to Y ' B. B. lIARTMAK A CJToAbom, Ohio. ' / Tf ra ere rlrV. fml badlr. or In ADT eejr S ! agdnguUUiaebow- y teffl3BEl PATENTS We continue lit art aASolirlum foi Patent. Carrela Trade Marka lY.pyrlgtitA rtf.. f e ll.e I niied state-. Caiuula. cube. Ktigiatsl. rnmee, (.ormanr. rte. Wr bare bad IblrtpHrt jrara* riprrlrnrr, PatenU obtained through u< are n. dined In tbeSo- Bmnc ANtaira*. TIil large and aplendid |llu ireted weekly paper. 95.30 a jrear.AtKiwi the ITrgrre* d Srlenre, u vert liilereetlng. and ha* an enormous rlrrnlallon. Addrem NI NN A CO, I'itr l Sollrt nra, Puh-a. of Sriawnnc- Aa*air*w. a; l-art lb.w, iewTork. Hand b<nk abo.it latent* free. THIS PATRIOT. A Pennsylvania Newspaper for the General Public. H • DAILY PATRIOT Mi lb# only wornlnf toil.lief,ed at ih# itatr Ch|iitl. (~h DAILY PATRIOT a •prcinlt/ of Prnnayl r Mft nmt ih#> DAILY PATRIOT pMUh lb# Amorial*d Prrm n* • n1 nxcMlt from *ll point*, rho DAILY PATRD'T glvm *|vcclal Mttmtton to (rain *u I piodiwv mrkrt* h DAILY PATRIOT opr<rr* monopoly, liomlMn • fi'l c#i trail sat ton t fwlltiral |m*r. •*rrn*; R.wi |*r annum, f*tmtly to advuic*,) or •7.■ p#r aunnm If not p*W In advance for nny l>er -1 Ims hw war al pT"|rtburnt* fate* n.a WRF.KLY PATRIOT I* a Inrff*. Hght !***• *pr. devoted to iltermtme. agrl. iltnm, aciefwe. miniiCn irea, bevra, flMrkein, etc. |ruru> IM2 ra# h nuint-er * 111 rontolti nn lllutrati<>n of aome prominent topic •r event Thl* I* on attractive feature nrlitrh cannot il fo pleaee fstftjf| ftftJWW Mfttitll, InvarlaMf In dvanre. One ropy of ihe WKkKI.Y PATRIOT and •II ropy of the Phitodel| l.ta UKKKI.Y TIM K.* will ■e aent on® year f. r fj* caeh In advanra. thna civiti| Im two paper* fr the aulwrriptlon price of the Tatter tne copy <d*the WF.RRLY PATRIOT and one copy of na (XrTTAOR IIRARTII. an eirellent monthly may* *oe, puhllahetf at Bnat<>n at 91 AO per annum, will ha enftona year for fi lOraehin andvance. ftend In your ularlotlona at ®nce SAlreaa PATRIOT PL BLIP 111 IfO 00., Ilnrrvahnri. P®. Sjr Dr. fraxler'* Magk Ointment. Cut*. M If by <N,ir. rimplM, BUca Head* or Grub*, Btotoben ■nd Krn|.n...n on th* (a re, l.n.lna ib ktn clear, i—l.hr and benntNnl Ale.rure* lull, Nnrbrr* Ilb. Wl Kb. om Tetter. Rlngu.irn.. Srnld Mend, Chapped Ilinde. Site Nlpi.len, nor* IJ|, old, .dutlnat* I'lrun end S.fna. Sc. SKIN DISK ASK. f. Drake, Em|.. I'l-teland. 0.. engernd bnynnd all de clptlon D.uu a ekiu dteenen übleb on bla ■anda, head and faca. aad aantly .I—lmj.d bla araa. ihe nuiat raraiai d-a-tertna la.lad b. hal|. hlu. and af ar all bad failed be aaed Dr. Vrarier'. Magk Otatimsl .ad vaa rated by a leu *j>|dtrath.ne. (rTHr a ret and oaly |wltt?e cure brdli dinar*. ..at dlecoeerad. Sent by mall on receipt of price, F.rtr CtXT*. IICNRV * C . S. I-Pro. r'a Id Veaey St.. Ra* York. For Itllnd. Sleedlng. tlcblng or Floated Film. IW. William'* law** Otat*at la a aura eura. Frtcu II no. by mall. For aula by pruggiat >. at-ly sns A WEEK. *l3 a day at botaa emdl. aunt • v> t _ ' -'I. ibitllt n#.. AddrwaTßUd S Ct' A* |*iU, Maine M ly Slit ©inlw gtmotral. IIELLEFONTK, PA. NEWS, FACTS AMI BUUUKHTIOKH. Til* TAUT If til !.t|il*AL WKLfAAA I" Tilt ISTULI- Every farmer in hie annual experienet discover* something of value. Write it and tend it to the "Agricultural Editor <J the I)KMO< HAT, Iletlefontc, I'enn'a," that other farmers may have the benefit ofi it. Let communication* be timely, and be *ure that they are brief ami we.ll pointed. CI-OVEH which lies exposed to rain after lei"g out, may lose by washing more than one-half its ash ingredi ents. IN the matter of ensilage, it will be a perfectly safe course to adopt die most excellent rule of practice luid down by the eminent David Crocket, Esq., and when we have, by careful observations of the experi ments of others, arrived at the point at which we are "sure we are right," we may accept his advice and "go ahead." Now is the time to do effective work in the orchard. Trim, wash, and hunt for borers. Go to work, It is one of those jobs tbal cannot be postponed without serious loss. FKEQT'ENT stirring of the soil in the cultivation of nil so-called Itoed crops, is one of the bulwarks of good farming, and particularly in a dry time. We have faith in it, and, as much ns in us lies, we practice it. But is there no limit to the 'frequent' when used in this connection ? We submit that the I'rr** puts it a little strong when it advises "frequent sur face culture—even once or twice a day if |s>H*ihle," no matter how se vere the droutli may be. WHETHER the object of your at tention IK- the garden, the potato lot, or the cornfield, do not*let the weeds get a start. They are never so easily killed as before they come up. Every day of their existence adfls to their ability to make work and trouble. In nothing else that demands the good farmer's attention is it so im portant to 'take time by the forelock' as in the destruction of weeds. EWRM that have failed to breed, or have lost their laml, sho-.ild he push ed forward toward fattening with all possible dispatch, that they may IM early for matketing with the early lambs. Meat is commanding high rices, and no more profitable time ran be found to get nil of unprofit able stock, provided the stock is in condition to take advantage of it. Clipping-B nnd Comments. It has l*.n obarged lv Mr. tircgorv .hat "thin cnailagp quplion h . it gr^vp ■I- to it." Tliat's well enough. It will nc-td u> Ire hurietl before long. Where a district i made up of all orta of soils there will be a lack of unity in praying for rain.— AlcoU't 'Am. So far as our olmervation goes there is no "lack of unity" upon this aoliject at this present writing— June 6. Weeks of clouds and cold rains in May and csrly June consti tute a "spell of weather" having A tendency to produce perfect accord among fanners AS touching this one thing. All prayers jar rsin in our district have been indefinitely poat poned. Somebody adyires to mi* a small pro 1-nrtinn of kerosene with eaMor oil 'or uhricaiing purpose*. We haye tried it, md find the mixture a decided im porrement upon the oil alone It is no e tlitt'uoive, and hence ia leas liable to gum.— Rural Ketc Yorker, We believe this practice originated with and was first given to the public by us. At all events we have used the mixture for a number of years on all our farm machinery, and know of nothing so good. Of course it is not necessary to use the refined and more expensive grades of castor oil to be found in small bottles at the drug stores. The unrefined article which may be purchased by the gal ion is quite as good and much cheaper. Through Soaking*. From lb* Urrmtebion T*lagr*ph. Nothing sonmcd to make strawber ries swell rapidly, and produce a large crop of fine fruit, like two or three thorough soaking* of water just when the fruit was about balf-growu. Goon hay means that the grass must lie cut at the proper time and must lie cured—not dried to a crisp in the hot sun. Raising Tomatoes HINTS ALFOL'T TIIKIM CULTIVATION IKOM AN A< KNOWI.kIHIkD ALTIIOKITT. Triiin I hi. Grisisutuwu T,l'-*r*|ib. Many pi-rnouM And much profit in pinching back the brant-hen of the tomutOH, and it is a good practice when It is judiciously done. It may be done, however, and injury result. In the firat place it is no use to at tempt it after the flowers have fallen. The idea is to force the nourishment into the fruit at the earliest start; for it is at that time the future fate of the fruit is cast. A few leaves beyond the fruit is an advantage. It is only the growth that is to lie checked. And then much damage is done by taking olf the leaves as well as the fruit. The tomato plant needs all the leaves it can get. It is only the branches that are to lie checked in their growth. No one who has not tried it can have any idea of bow valuable the leaves are to the tomato plant. One may for experiment take olf most of the leaves of a plant, and ho will find the flavor insipid, and every way poor. Of course it is the |ieculiar acidity of the tomato that gives it so much value to all of us ; but the acid from a tomato that has ripened on an insufficient amount of foliage is disagreeable to most tastes. The same principle has been found to work in managing grape vines. The mun who judiciously pinches back the branches does well, but he who strips off the foliage to "let in the sun and the air" generally finds that he has made a bad mess of it. Our contemporary omits to say J that the plants should be tied to; stakes or trellises, but what it does ! sav necessarily implies this, as the ' plant cannot l>e successfully pruned J as suggested when allowed to strag- I gle all over the ground. There is no doubt that the plants are more pro ductive on stakes or trellises than when grown in an}'other way; and then the influence of sun all around alike is favorable to a thorough ri- ; |H-nig of the fruit, improving the > flavor. The stakes must be very stout and strong, as the weight of the fruit requires something substan tial to rest on : and if the stakes can have arms or knots to help sustain the branches it will l>e letter than depending on alone. The stakes should IK- planted in the ground firmly ls f.re the plants are set, anil the plants are easily kept in j<oition I by a lightlying until the fruit comcet then the weight requires good judg ment to secure them well. The ty ing mnt< rial should In* something broad and soft, like old muslin torn into strips, a-, twine would injure the | soft Stems. Whero aud How to Apply Fertil izers. Under the above caption the April numtier of the Ammmn Ayriru/tu rift publishes n excellent article ad vising broadcast manuring, from which we quote a paragraph : "The growth and vigor of all plants or crops DT | end chiefly U|KJU a good supply of strong roots that atretch far out, and thus gather food ovei the widest extent of soil. If a flour ishing stalk of corn, grain, or grass, l>e carefully washed, so as to leave all its roots or rootlets attached, there will tie found a wonderful mass of hundreds and even thousands of roots to any plant, and tbey extend ofT a long distance, frequently sev eral feet—the farther the better, to collect more food and moisture, i'ul more manure or fertilizer in one place two feet away from a corn or |H>talo hill, or from almost any plan'., and a large mass of toots will go out in that direction. So if we mix ma nures or fertilizers well through the whole soil, they attract these food seeking roots to a greater distance ; and they thus come in contact with more of the food already in t6e soil, and find more moisture in dry weath er. A deeply stirred soil, with ma nure at the bottom, develops water pumping roots below the reach of any ordinary drouth, and the crops kept right on growing—all the more rapidly on account of the helpful sun's rays that would scorch a plant not reaching a deep reaervoir of moisture. Country Bonds. The season is at hand in which the township supervisor of roads—"path master," in some State*—will start on bis annual tour of alleged road mending. In this connection the fol lowing |>aragrapb from the Scientific American will be found appropiate and timely reading : The economy in horse-power obtained by useing the hardest and smoothest roads la clear ly shown. If one horse can just draw a load, on a level, over irou rails. It will lake one and two-thirds boraes to draw it over asphalt, three and one-third over the beet Belgian, seven over a good cobblestone,thirteen over a bad cobblestone, twenty over an or dinary earth road, and forty over a sandy road. Ex AMINE fruit trees around the stems to see if the borers are at work. I* Millet an Bxh&uativo Crop, t B. C. 8. inquire* as to whether millit is an exhaustive crop. Any crop that will cut, on rich land, five and fix tons of cured fodder, will draw upon the fertility of land no matter what the variety or kind, but that it is proportionately more so than other crops I do not believe. Asa test upoo this point, 1 raised five crops of millet in succession upon a field that had been badly run by a former owner, but it gave about two tons of cured fodder j>er acre, without much falling oil; though purposely I used no fertiliser, i should have no hesitancy in seeding land to grass after a crop of millet. 1 should plow it, thoroughly drag and top-dress with manure, sow the mil let about the 25th of May, or even ten days later, and cut it as soon as the beads showed nicely. This can be done in 80 days, or even less, if the season is favorable- Do not re plow, as the land will be in the finest of tilth, with a firm foundation, and a surface like an ash heap. A light, sharp drag will do the work effect ively in prepsring the land and cov ering the seed, and the manure can not possibly become exhausted. Being fined and incorporated with the soil, the manure will give the young grass a fine start. The plan that I would recommend would be to follow the millet with wheat, using some standard brand of phosphate and bone meal mixed. A spririg-tooth drag will admirably fit the land for the drill, and no reaaon exists why land necessarily fertile, and then managed as described, should not, with this trifling addition al labor, produce two paying crops, the wheat and clover, after the millet. Curing Clovor Hay. Corrrft*<l*ic* Kuril buu. My plan is to start tbe mower at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, after all water lias evaporated, and the heat of the day ia past, Kain or dew will make clover hay black if it is cured before it (tbe rain or dew) falls upon it. By cutting in tbe after part of the day the clover does not cure enough to damage, and as tbe dew is only on the top of the hay it soon dries off. Clover don't want much sun; if it gets too much the leaves rattle off, and you have stems. By ten o'clock start the rake, and by two or three o'clock act the men to putting it into cocks. Don't let it stand two or three days, but turn it out the next day if the weather is good, and haul it in. It only wants to lay in the cock long enough to get hot, anil alien it is opened and aired it is ready to be housed. Apply a little aall while unloading, say sow ss you would grain about twice over the stack or mow, while the load is being taken off. Don't get worried if it heats some after it is put awav ; it will come out bright and sweet in the spring. Stock prvfeis well cured clover hay to tbe best gilt edged timothy, and it ought to be the best judge in such matters. Poor clover is tbe worst of feed. The great secret in making good clover bay ia to keep it free from moisture except its own—while mold don't damage it much. Pumpkins Among Oorn A CurißKlkit l!*t • K\ | In commencing farming, I followed tbe prevailing practice and planted pumpkin aeeda—getting a fair crop of corn, plenty of vines, and some times a good crop of pumpkins. While pursuing this practice, it re quired a longer time for my corn to ripen than it has since discarding the pumpkin vines. For many years past 1 have not allowed pumpkins among my corn, and have been re warded wiib from 100 to 160 buabela of ears of sound corn per acre ; and the increase in the corn crop has, in iny opinion, more than compensated for tbe loss of the pumpkins. My theory is that the ground, not tbe corn leaves, requires all the benefit it can get from the sun's rays, as the warm soil favors a good and early matured crop. If I thought it de sirable to have pumpkins I should by all means plant them by themselves. One of my neighbors, wbo formerly lived in Ohio, told me that be once planted several acres to corn and put bis pumpkins on one acre by them selves, getting a fine crop of both. That Old Hoc lm, la Raral Via Isrta If with that old hoe a man can do bat four-fifthe as much work in a dajr as be can with a new one, labor cost ing $1.50 per day and a new boe 65 cents, at the end of two and a half days' work I am a loser by asing the old boe, even if it did not cost ms anything. If yon would bars good work and quick work done, have good tools and keep them clean. THI Christian Union reports an in stance of 968 of "those big, brown, bussing beetles which produce the grub so mischievous in garden and grass-land, captured one evening last June by means of a lighted lantern suspended over a pall of water in a raspberry bush. II AN may oonstruct steamships and railroads, disembowel the earth Tor ores, measure the mountains of the moon, and make bis voice beard Rcrosa old ocean, but Qod alone can I make a strawberry.
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