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Professional Cards. 0 I). RAY, O* ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Special attention given to the collection of claims. Office adjoining Broqkerhoft House, 4-15 :. . R FHOMAS J. MCCULLOUGII, X ATTORNEY AT LAW, PUILIPSBUKO, PA. Office in Albert Owen's building, in the room form t .ily occupied by the Philipjbuig Bunking Company. -iy. 1). 11. lIABTINUS. w. F. BEKI>£R. HASTINGS & REEDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office otl Allegheny street, two doors east of tho of fice occupied by late lirm of Yocnm A Hastings. 49-tt 8. R. t'KALK. u. A. M'KEK. 1 )EALE & McKEE, X ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 3 l-tf Office opposite Court House, Bellefonte, Pa. 8. H. YOCITM. H. IIAUHIIHF.BC.EII. VOCUM & HARSIIRERGER, X ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, l'A. Oilico on N. E. corner of Diamond and Allegheny-lit., in Hut room lately occnpiod by YonniijV WILLIAM A. WALLACE, DAVID L. KREHS, lIARKV P. WALLACE, WILLIAM E. WALLACE. WALLACE & KREBS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, January 1,1881. CLEARFIELD. PA. lALLIS L. ORTIS, Jj ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE opposite the Court House, on the 2d floor of A. 0. Furst's building. 3-stf 0. T. ALEXANDER. 0. M. UOWIR. 1 LEXANDER & BOWER, J \ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ibdlofonte, Pa., may be consulted iu Euglisb or Oer man. Officejn Gurmuu'. Building. 1-ly T?RANK FIELDING, .1 LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, 12-1 y CLEARFIELD, PA. JAMES A. REAVER. J. WESLEY 081-ART. BEAVER & GEPHART, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office on Allegheny stroet, north of High. Bella fonte, Pa. 1-D DP. FORTNEY, • ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE, I'A. Last d.tor to tho left In the Court House. _ My 10IIN BLAIR LINN, f J ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office Allegheny Street, over Post (Uli. e. 21-ly T L. BP ANGLER, t J . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE. CENTRE COUNTY, PA. Special attention to Collections; practices in ull the Courts; Consultations in German or English. I-I) DS. KELLER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ollice on Allegheny Street South sido of Lyons a ture, Bellefonte, Pa. l~\y rp C.HIPPLE, X • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. LOCK HAVEN. PA. All business promptly attended to. 1-ly WM. P. MITCHELL, PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, LOCK HAVEN, PA., Will attend to all work in Clcurfield, Ceutre and Clinton counties. Office opposite Lock naven National Bank. 20-ly WC. HEINLE, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Office In Conrad House, Allegheny street. Speeial attention given to the collection of claims. All business attended to promptly. WILLIAM McCULLOUGII, ATTORN KY-ATI, AW, CLEARFIELD, PA. All business promptly attended to. 1-ly nK- HOY, M. D., . Office in Conrad Honso. alsive Fortney'e Law Office, BEi.LEFONTE, l'A. Boei i.il attention given to Operative Surgery and Chronlo Diseases. ' l-'-l.v nil. .IAS. 11. DOBBINS, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON. Office Allegheny St.,over Zelgh-r s Ihng Store g.,f BELLKFONTK. PA^ OR. .1. W. RHONE, Dentist, c:tn he found at his office and residence on North side of Iligh street three doors East of Allegheny, Bellefonte, Pa. Jiashless Cards. HARNESS MANUFACTORY in Carman's New Block, BKLLKFONTK, PA. Wly I? P. BLAIR, X • JEWELER, WATCIIKH, CUCKH, JAWF.I.RT, AO. All work nwitly exMuiited. Ou Alleghany street, under Brockcrlmff Home. 4-tf DEALERS IN PUBB DRUGS ONLY, G: I ZELLER & SON, I - 11 # DRUGOIBTB, No. 6. Brocket hnfT Row. £ S All tho Standard Patent Medicines. Pre- < £ scriptions and Family Recipes accuratel) - ft prepared. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Ac., Ac. 4 : T F S c. HEMES, Pres 4 t. J- P- HARRIS. Casli'r. T7IRST NATIONAL BANK OF X BELLEFONTE, Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Pa. 4tl ! MiseeUaneoute 'PHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT ' BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, BELLEFONTE, FA., IS NOW OFFKRINO GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO TIIOBB WISHING FIRST-CLASS Plain or Fancy Printing. Wo havo unusual facilities for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DE VISITE, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS. by mail will receive prompt attention. jjQy-Printing dono in tho host stylo, on short notice and at tho lowest rates. BARMAN'S HOTEL, \JT Opposite Court Home, BELLEFONTE, PA TERMS $1.25 PER DAY. kfooi Livery attached. 1-1. Wilson, McFarlane <C Co., Hardware Dealers. IE3:_A_IR,:D"W aubi WILSON, MoFAEIANE & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES 8 HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BUH.DEH;S' HABDWABE ALLEGHENY STREET, .... HUMES' IILOCK, .... BKLLEFONTK, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE & SNOW SHOE H. It.—Time-Table in eiftjct on :ind after Mari li I, 1882 : Leaves Snow Shoe 5.3G A. M. .arrive* in Bellefonte 7.24 A. M. Leave* Bellefonte 9.12 A. M.,arrives at Snow Shoe 11.25 A. M. Leaves Snow Shoo 2.30 P.M. .arrives in Bellefonte 4.20 P. M. Leaves Bellefonte 4.45 P.M.. arrives at Snow Shoe 7:25 P.M. S. S. BLAIR, Gen'l Sujieriiiteiulenrt BALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL KOAD. —Tiuie-Tablo, April 21), lsso: Exp. Mail, WKSTWAHI). EASTWARD. Exp. Mail. A. M. P. M. P M. A. M 810 7 r2 .Arrive at Tyrone Leave 732 848 $.lO 55 Leave East Tyrone Leave... 7 3'.* 8 55 750 051 " Vail 44 ... 742 85s 755 047 M Bald Eaglo 44 ... 747 002 748 030 44 Fowler 44 ... 752 UOO 742 033 ...... 41 Hannah 44 ... 755 013 735 C 25 44 Fort Matilda 44 ... 800 019 727 Cl7 44 Martha 44 ... 807 025 7is p. us 44 Julian 44 ... 815 932 7 o 5*7 44 Eutonrillo 44 ... 823 939 700 543 44 Snow Shoe In 44 ... 832 945 6 665 45 44 Mtlesburg 44 ... 8349 4S 46 535 44 Bellefonte 44 ... 843 957 .i 30 525 4 * Milesburg 44 ... 85410 08 r25 515 44 Curtin 44 ... 90010 19 j. 18 510 44 Mount Eagle 44 ... 91219 25 0 501 44 Howard 44 ... 920 19*37 ?55 450 44 Eaglevilie 44 ... 93810 40 i6O 445 44 Beech Creek 44 ... 940 19J54 134 433 44 Mill Hall 44 ... 95411 16 ; r. 20 430 44 Flemlngtou 44 ... 957 1 1.29 i g25 425 44 Lock Haven 44 ...10 01 11 25 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. I —(Philadelphia and Erie Divihiou.)—On and after December 12, 1877 : WESTWARD. ERIE MAIL leaves Philadelphia 11 55 pm 14 llarrisburg 425 a m a• Williainnport 835a in u •• Lock Haven 9 40 a in 44 Reuovo 10 56 a in arrive* at Erie 7 35 p IU NIAGARA EXPRESS leaves Philadelphia... 7 20 a ni 44 44 llarrisburg.... 10 60 a in " 41 Williamsport. 2 29 pin 9 arrives at Itenovo 4 40 p in Passengers by this train arrive iu Belle fonte at 4 35 p ui FAST LINE leaves Philadelphia 11 45 a iu 9 9 HarriHburg 335p ni 44 Williainnport 730p in 14 arrives at Lock Haven 8 49 p m EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leaves Lock Haven 6 40 a m 4 44 Williainnport... 7 66 am 44 arrives at llarrisburg 11 65 a in " 44 Philadelphia.... 3 46 pNI DAY EXPRESS leaves Honovo 10 19 a in " 4 * Lock Haven 11 29 a in 9 44 Williiimsport 12 40 am 44 arrives at llarrisburg 4 19 pm 9 " Philadelphia 720 pm ERIE MAIL leaves Renovo 8 35 p in 44 44 Lock Haven 945 p m 44 44 Williamsport 11 95 pm 44 at rives at llarrisburg 2 45 a m 4 44 Philadelphia 700a in FAST LINK leaves Williumsport 12 36 a m 44 arrives at llarrisburg 3 68 a m 44 44 Philadelphia 735a in Erie Mail West. Niagara Express \\ Lock Haven Accommodation West, and Day Express East, uiak< close connections at Northumberland with L. & 11. It R. trains for Wllkesbarre and Scranton. Erie Mall West. Niagara Express West, and Erie Express West, and Lock Haven Accommodation West, make close connection at Williamsport with N.C. R W. trains north. Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Da> Express East, make CIOM, connection at Lock Ilavon With H. K. V. R. R. trains. Erie Mail East and West connect at Erl) with trains on L. S. A M. S. It. R.. at Corry with O. 0. A A. V. R It., at Emporium with 11. N. Y. A P. R. R., and at Driftwood with A. V. R. It. Parlor cars will run 1 etween Philadelphia nnd Williamsport on Niagara Express West, Erie Express West, Philadelphia Express East ami Day Expres* East, ami Sunday Express East. Sleeping cars on al 1 night trains. WM. A. BALDWIN, (leu'l Superintendent. tk R it yfaviz. \ sZhwL J 3 V -*>- \ <K JOHN HARRIS, POLK AGENT, 2-FTM • RKLLEFONTE, PA. MONEY To Loan at 6 per Ct. RAY/11 -1J I „ Y T!IE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR ANCE CO. OF NKW YORK, on flint mortgage, on Improved farm property, In nnn not lew than *2,000. and not exceeding one-tlilrd of the prreerit value of the property. Any portion of Ihe principal can bo paid off at any time, and It line boon the cu.tom of the company to permit the principal to remain an lotiK a the borrower wleliee, If the Intercut I. promptly paid. Apply to CHARLES P. 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IF you propose to make a crop of clover seed, and so will not have any second-crop hay, it will be well to put away, in an easily accessible place, a few loads of early-cut clover, for the winter feeding of the cfflvcs, store pigs, and ewes with early lambs. Cure it in the cock as much as possi ble, and don't dry it too much Then in mowing it away, put a foot thick, of old, bright wheat straw between the loads. If you have plenty of this on hand next spring, you will not have occasion to worry. IF you have never tried grinding the hoes, try it this year. It is hard on the hoes, to be sure, but it is much harder on the weeds, and very much easier for the man who does the hoe ing. We prefer Cling to grinding, because it is so much more readily done. Put the groove neck of the hoe in a vice, or fasten it in any other convenient way, and use the file on the upper or inside. A sharp, new file will give you a cutting edge in a few moments. We generally take a small file to the field with us to dress up the edge when it gets battered on a stone. It pays big. HAYING and harvesting bring into use much of the most expensive and complicated machinery of the farm. Of course good farmers have all this in the best of order before it is put into use, but many, even of these, subject it to neglect in the hurry and rush of the work which follows. This is a wasteful error. Let all the machines not only be cleaned and oiled and sharpened before being put at the work, but let them be kept so while at it. We remember that in the era of scythes and cradles, the old hands would tell us "there is no time lost in whetting," and it is true of a reaper or mower, as of a cradle or scythe. Sharp knives and plenty of good oil (nothing better for warm weather than three parts crude castor oil and one part common coal oil), put on very often, and a very little at a time, will add much to" the life of the machines as well as the horses, and causes all the work to go faster and more satisfactorily. T he patent laws, as they have long existed, were intended to protect patentees in their lights and proper ty, and give them the substantial iienelits of their inventions. This is right am! proper, and no right think ing person would desire to have it otherwise. Hut it also afforded sharps and sharpers a splendid opportunity for swindling innocent purchasers, and extorting from them, in many cases, several times tho value of the patented articles they had purchased and honestly paid for. This was manifestly wrpng and improper, and we arc very glad to see that the Lower House of Congress has passed a bill, which, if it becomes a law, will put a check upon the scoundrels* The isolated conditions of farmers, and the fact that very many of the tools and implements used by them are patented, rendered them, more than other classes, liable to the impo sitions of these patent pirates, and the law alluded to will specially serve as a refuge for them. Under tho old law unprincipled manufacturers were practically permitted to steal patents, and flood the markets with the ar ticles made under them, while the patentee could sit quietly by, per haps, winking at the transaction, and then pounce upon the innocent pur chaser of single articles, and compel him to pay tho second time. The now law will compel patentees to look to the manufacturers and ven ders of the pirated articles, who are the real transgressors, for redress. It is possible that this may, in some cases, works, injustice to honest pat entees, but not a tithe as often as the old law did to innocent purchasers.' As laws should be enacted and Xv ecuted with a view to securing the greatest good to the greatest number and per contra , inflicting the least in f jury upon the smallest number, the new law is better than the old. FARMERS would, in the long run, be the gainers if they would each year gather with the grain cradle and thrash by hand with flail on a clean barn floor, sufficient wheat for seed, selecting the best growth in their fields, and letting it stand until per fectly ripe, taking that which seems to be earliest in ripening.— Breeder#' Gazette. To do this much toward securing better seed is better than to do noth ing. But will it not be better yet to take a little more pains and trouble, and secure far better results ? Let us suggest a plan which, though somewhat more troublesome than the above, is not beyond the reach of any active, wide-awake farmer in the country—and will he certain, in the long run, to repay many times its j cost: During the cutting of the wheat, or the hauling in, or both, se lect a number of the finest and ripest heads, sufficient to make a bushel or more of cleaned grain. The job is not nearly so formidable as it looks on paper, and can be easily accomplish ed. Selected in this waj-, it will be of the very best of your crop, and free of all foul seeds—absolutely clean. A little extra pains in thresh- ! ing and cleaning it will keep it so. Now select an acre of the best wheat land on your farm, give it a fair coat of stable manure, and after thorough preparation of it by early plowing, | and repeated harrowings and rolling, i make it still better by the broadcast, application of 250 pounds each of bone dust and some one of the best superphosphates. Harrow it well, and on this drill the wheat early enough to secure a good stand before winter. This will furnish you next year's seed, and from it should be selected the finest and best for a seed patch for that year, and so on. All this involves some extra work and care, we know, but not a great deal, and is amply repaid. You must have your seed fiorn some source, and the acre thus carefully treated will, in all probability, furnish more grain for this purpose than any one acre of your regular crop, which can be saved for market. The little addi tional pains-taking will result in a very great improvement in the qual ity of your seed, to be transmitted, in turn, to the entire crop of the fol lowing year. This is not mere theory, nor is it written by a "fancy farmer," nor a "city editor," for the purpose of filling up his paper. It is advice given to busy and practical farmers by one of the busiest and most prae- j tical among them, and does not go one whit beyond what he practices himself. In fact, it is simply a rela tion of our own methods, and is written immediately after thorough ly going over our own seed patch of three and a half acres, and pulling out the bunches of rye which by some mischance put in their unwel come appearance. The wheat sown was supposed to be perfectly clean, and the appearance of the rye is no evidence against this, as the seed, may have been in the ground. Pos sibly an occasional bunch of cackle may show itself in th 6 same way. When it is in bloom, and easily seen, we shall again go over the piece, very carefully pulling any that may be found, and thus expect to have seed for next fall's sowing, which shall be fully matured, full of vigor and vitality, absolutely free from all foul ness. There is nothing in nil this which may not be easily put in prac tice by every thorough-going farmer in the land, and we are quite safe in saying that if the prnctice were uni versally adopted, millions of dollars, in the aggregate, would be annually added to the profits of the wheat crop of the country. Begin now, by making the selection of some of the best heads in your crop for sowing the seed-patch. How Can the Cost of Roduction Be Reduced. Hum* anil Farui. Study your own fields, select your seed, save your manure, buy tbe best tools and stock you can aiford, feed your stock well, shelter it and care for it in every way. There are an hundred leaks you must Btop, A GREAT deal of butter is spoiled by overworking that would otherwise be of the finest quality. > Green Manuring. ( W. 11. Whiter In Country Geutlfiuaii. i In attempting the improvement of , our land by green manuring, we need t,o know at what stage of growth the plants should be plowed down, for there is a stage of growth when they hold the greatest quantity of organic matter beneficial to future vegetation, and also how deep it is to be buried in the soil, with other attendant queries. The question also some times arises how plowing down only that which is grown on the soil en riches it. We increase the capacity of a soil for production, frequently, by merely changing the combination, or locality in the ground, of essential elements. The plant obtains some of its constituent elements from the air as well as from the soil; a por tion also is drawn from the subsoil. These elements form compounds, some of which are found in the sap, while others are found in the leaves and other parts. Some of these com pounds are known to contain nitro gen, which is a promoting agent of decay. The decomposition of one constituent induces other elements to leave their places and form new com binations. Thus matter goes through the process we term decay, which, in reality, is only change. This decay, or change, takes place much more rapidly with green vegetation than with that which has ripened. If green vegetation is allowed to fall and decay in the open air, very much of it is lost to the soil in which it grew, having passed off in the air; but if the green vegetable matter be covered in the soil, then the absorp tive capacity of the soil is such that it holds these elements, changing it to that extent. The deeper vegeta ble manure is buried, the slower the process of decay. We thus save to our soil a portion of organic plant food by plowing under green vegeta ble matter at the right stage of growth. In experience, and a course of many years' observation, I have found that green manuring plants should be plowed under previous to coming into blossom, in order to obtain the largest benefit to the soil. I have noticed that some farmers in order to obtain a large quantity to turn down, will wait till a later stage. May not much of the difference of opinion of the value of green manuring arise from this cause ? On valuable land, near ready markets, the loss of a season, or even a single crop, would often pay for manure and hauling it from market; still in such cases there is much green vegetable matter, refuse, which might, instead of going to the compost heap, or be left, as is too often the ease, to waste away in the air, be lightly coveredjin the soil, doing much good. Even a small growth of some kind of grain, if sown very thick, would be a great benefit; not so much, perhaps, in the amount of fertilizing matter it would add to the soil, as in the change. I know that hereabouts we cannot grow fair potatoes on soil which has been planted to hoed crops a few j-ears, but if we seed it to clover, or grass for a single year, good fair potatoes are produced in quantities. I sup pose that land gets "sick" of the plow and hoc, the same as one does of the sameness of breakfast, dinner and supper; at all events, I have known land well manured (as the times go) fall off in yield, while if some different plant be grown one season, or a few weeks' growth of some grain be turned under, a sur prising change is produced. Differ ent soils, in different localities, vary in the time when failure or sickness begins. How I Took the First Premium ou Potatoes. Cor. of Agriculturnl Kpitouiist. The land was well broken and sowed down to oats early in the spring. Toward the latter part of May the oats were turned under. About June 20 the potatoes were planted in drills about feet. Previous to planting a subsoil coulter was run several times in the drill, which prepared a loose bed for the potatoes. The manuring consisted of guano, applied when the oats were sowed, and when the potatoes were planted stable manure and ashes were used in the drills. When the pota toes began to come up the ground was well mulched with a coaling of leaves from the woods. After the potatoes had come up well they were thinned out to one stalk, tJii* was thr main came of eticcese. One stalk will yield more potatoes than three or four springing from the same potato. Improved Sheep Shears. We quote from the Scientific. Amer ican the following description of an improvement in sheep shears recently patented by a Nebraska man. It has a seasonable interest: The improve ment consists of flexible padded cas ings, connected by a strap, and capa ble of being bent over the shanks of the shears. The strap is made ad justable so as to adapt it to hands of different siscs. This strap prevents the hand from slipping forward while crowding the shears into wool. It also prevents the shears from being kicked from the hand of the shearer. The soft pad covering the handles prevents the hand from becoming blistered, and tiring of the hand