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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
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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
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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
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TOHN BLAIK LINN,
tl ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HKI.I.KFuNTE, PA
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I L. SPANG LER,
tl a 4TTURNEI c r LAW,
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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
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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.