THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1806. —— Wm PEAT AS MANURE. W—————" Setentific Bide of au Important Agricole tural Question. i The economic importance of the! Ancreased use of moss litter, from the {point of view of manure, is incalcuable, Prof. Fleisher points out that, com- paring peat and straw monure by chems- jcal analysis, it is found that the former, while slightly poorer in potash, lime, and phosphoric acid, is very consider- ably richer in nitrogen. But the dif- rence is still more in favor of the peat anure in respect to the casily soluable nitrates, for the reason that these orig- inate solely in the animal excrement, in which they are present in the form of a volatile body, which is noticeable in the stall by ita pungent smell. He Bays: “In the power of fixing thissubstance, which so injures the health of beasts, ond so materially heightens the good operation of the manure, is to be dig- covered one of the most valuable prop- erties of moss litter.” From his figures it appears that in a stall of ten head of cattle, through the use of moss litter, about 140 kilograms of easily lable nitrates yearly, worth wrved in the £ straw, are at least $35, would be manure, pre which in « mployir lost, According to the comparative studies : of Lavalard on the subject of manures from animals fed in the same manner, the richness in nitrogen is 0.68 for peat manure and only 0.51 for straw manure. Peat litter is also said to be the best possible material for use in fowl houses, on account of its deodorizing qualities and its power of banishing insects. Bielawski mentions that it is used in tho great military pigeon houses in Paris, which contain more than 500 pigeons. It is stated that the best bedding, (both as regards the beasts and as re- gards the zaanure, is a layer of straw over a good thick bed of moss litter, In this way, the animals have the most comfortable bed and the stall locks mice and fresh; the urine and the ame monia which the straw cannot absorb wre absorbed by the peat below; the nure has the advantage of the ele- ents in which each substance is ichest, and nothing is lost cither in the stable or outside.—Farm, Field and Fireside, FARM MEAT SMOKER. A Device for Cooling Smoke Hefore It Reaches the Meat. farmer on requires a smokehot ela very who cures hams and ise, There borate building. poss ible, and 8 the meat well as smoke s essential to goed a as a He ‘ i Ty alia ualities, jut the in smoking is that the smoke be cooled before coming The accom- this may be The in contact with panying cut satisfactorily the meat, shows how accomplished. MEAT SMOKER ted in the usual was through a flue to the hang the Ses out » meat is regu ich smoked with ry, elm sugar mag t should be used Pine be employed, as it affects the flavor of the meat Corn- cobs are excellent for smoking, as they impart a sweet and lavor The temperature of the smokehouse should The smoking should be done each day until the nw colored.—N. Y. World ates pa The meat she be &reen wood-- hick or sie hips or sawdadu 3 +14 shouia never yes pleasant never rise above 80 degrees, little at is suitably n SURE WEED KILLER. The Electric Current Is Death to the Dreaded Russian Thistle, The latest method of killing weeds is by electricity. Prol. Woodworth, of Michigan agricultural college, has been making experiments which show that the new method is both cheap and effec. tive. A wheelbarrow or wagon is loaded with storage batteries from which long wires trail along the ground. The wagon is then taken over the lund to be | cleared and wherever the wires touch a weed it is instantly killed clear down to the roots. The professor claims that electricity Is preferable to almost any thing else for destroying the dreaded Russian and Canadan thistles. These hardy pests resist most weed- killing compounds, because the roots are not destroyed and the plants spring up again with renewed vigor. The eleo- je current, however, runs down to the west root and destroys it. A draw. back to the scheme is the initial cost of the batteries and apparatus, but in the long run it pays for itself NEWSY FARM NOTES. Peach trees must be cultivated to do well, To get ss among tree fruits, eculti- vate often and thin. The gooseberry flourishes beat in a heavy, low, but not wet soll, Authorities are generally agreed in redommending early seeding of clover The pullet i begins to lay earliest in life intheyone tor lay the largest nem ber of eggs through life, When cows have been long in milk, churning is difficult, becanse the milk has become glutinous and the fat glob- ules will not cohere, Heating dissolves them and increases the fluidity of the | eream.~N. ¥. World, ——————————— —— It Annoyed Her. “1 never was so mortified in all my life!” she exclaimed, “What was the matter deareat friend. “My maid told me that was in the reception-room.” “Yes” “And 1 threw my arms around him and kissed him twice before 1 discov- ered that it was his twin brother, Take my advice and never become en-~ gaged to a twin.” “On the contrary, I think I shall look for one. It just doubles the fun."--Chi- cago Post. fre nsked her my flance Convincing Evidence, “Jim,” exclaimed the Foggy Bottom matron, “yoh done promised me dat yoh wus gwine ter iet politics alone.” “Well, s'pos'n I did,” was the some- what sulky reply. “Whah yer gwine to-night “Am gwine nowhah in puhtickler. “'Deed'n I knows whah yoh's gwine, I knows de signs. meetin’, foh sho’. flask in er man's overcoat poe is business ebry time.’ Star on Yoh's gwine ter de When 1 sees er razzer an' er an' er set er resolutions kets | Washington knows Johnnie's Advice to His Mother. Dr, Perkins Soonover was called ir at the Chaflie mansion to prescribe for Mrs, Chaflie, who was quite unwell “Madame,” said the doctor, * kindly put out your tongue?" #Don't do it, motherdear,” sald John. nie, “or he may pound you as papa did me yesterday when I stuck my tongue out at him."—Dallas (Tex.) Sifter. will you Getting Ahead In Life, “Isn't it queer,” said Gonrong, “thet I've always been mistaken about my age? I thought I was (9 last December, but I got hold of our old family Bible the other day and discovered I was only 65.” “I have always told you,” observed Plunkett, “that you've been living too fast.,"—~Chicago Tribune. Indispensable. “You have left out an important statement in this rescue story,” said a professor in the school! of journalism to one of his students, “Indeed, sir? “Yes, you neglect to say that ths boy was rescued just as he was going down for the third time."—N. Y. World. Worse Now. Cumso—I suppose Whiffet isn't such an unconscionable liar since he quit fishing so constantly, Cawker—JIle has less regard for the truth Cumso— now than ever, What does he lie about now? The he covers on his bicycle.~Town Topics. Cawke « mense distances Fleasant Occasion. Kate—I went to a stereopticon enter- tainme the other night with young De Spooney. Laura—~Did you enj Kate -Very mu + nt through * Press In a Dallas Restaurant. ‘Here is a fly in 1 “Nes, 5 frow y soup, wi ah; werry away Inconsistent, 1s sed to mar She pror w Yet ashe was mad as ma > Wher nise with fraternal Mistress What did y ladies who just called? Bridget not tell those Oi told them that yez was mum Mistress in, And what did they say? Bridget—"How fortinit,” mum Leslic's Weekly. Stinted, The pain of Economy's rrip Is felt upon Pleasure's fair neck. When our wishes say: “Now let ‘er rip,” And Experience holds us In check «Truth. A Bimple Plan. Mr. Youngman (after long thought) ~Is there nny way to find out whata woman thinks of you, without propos- ing? Mr. Denedict (absently) her mad.—N, Y. Weekly Yes; make Where to Pind Them. “This age demands men who have convietin shouted the impassioned orator, "Whire shall we find them? “In the penitentiary,” replied a man in the gallery.—N, ¥Y. World Malicious, A~Tom must have had an awful cold when he became engaged. B.~Why? A~~Because when one has a eold one has no taste.—Fliegende Blaetter, Spoke for fimselr, Bayboy—1 am thinking of going into business; is there any money in clothes? ~Bayboy~-Not a cent in mine Philadelphia Bulletin, Defined, Bennle—What's n conversationalist? Jennie—Oh, it's a man that doesn't have to stop talking when he hasn't got anything more to say Truth, Defined, “I never indulge in irony.” “No, 1 would say your brilliancy was principally glittering steal.” Life. ———————— | deposits | lam, rhodium, gold PLATINUM In ALASKA, Miners Now Turning Their Attention te the Deposits on the Yukon River, Alaska has developed an unexpocted | store of precious minerals ih the lust fow years, and just at present miners are speculating as to the quantity of platinum that might be found in that territory and worked with profit. For years it has been known that platinum exists in Alaska, and traces of it been found on the banks of river, but it is only of recent date that | CARRIAGE OF THE FUTURE, Interesting Speculation ns Character, to Its Probable The electrical carriage, or horseless vehicle, promises to become a fad in Gotham and may eventually supersede the bicycle in popular favor, The horse less vehicle and the bicycle will probably { sooner or later be manufactured as a | sort of composite carringe, to carry any- have | the Yukon When horses are dispensed with, it will the miners have given the matter any | serious thought. This BOOINS strange when one considers that plati- num is worth from $7.50 to $8.50 an ounce, Platinum is nearly always found in neglect | bars associated with free gold in placer Platinum ore, as it is some- irid- copper and iron. It 18 usually found in rounded or flattened grains having a it © tahedrons been working on the Yukon basin for the known the val f thi masses of p times erroneously called, contains moetaliio iy ines occasionally i Had t the d hi : 11 Of have been » QUICK LO 14] el pet font presence At most in l Li tant hydraulic mines in the Ural moun- Russia. Ab lnction ¢ 4 aut the urces of plat 1pot nom ares theo ut 80 per cent of the from this Next in importance perhaps are HOS soureo the gold washings of the Pinto river in the United Btates of Colombia, which produce 15 per cent of the entire prod- uct India, Australia, Pern, Haiti and plati- Platinum bas been found in small quantities in various parts of this coun- try, but it is only in the placers of the Pacific slope that it has been discovered in marketable quantities. It is estimat- ed that the United States imports sbous 3,000 pounds of platinum a year from Russia. The metal is used chiefly in the manufacture of jewelry, chemical ap- paratus and incandescent electric lights num There hos been of late years an increased demand for the metal nd- ing increase in the pri If the plati- nu le in the Yukon valley in and a corres m deposits near the ex- rs, it od by the im fire can were mneaa that the out mine has been i i abandoned, thon OWHers « arive the fire practically and th nai gh a li coal is now being taken out on below a part that is on fire The ob- ject of the is to learn whether something cannot be dome to sava 80 valuable a property as the ¥eond pit. Halifax Herald ne ] a evel Commission Her Conclusion. She was a small girl, but quite large enough to reason and draw logical con clusions. In her father's back yard a swarm of bees was kept, and they seamed especially hostile to the small girl One day they stung her over the eye, and there was a swollen little face for a whole week. The next week they stung her on the arm, and finally her cap of sorrow seemed filled whan she received another sting on her log. As the mother patiently applied the usual remedies 0 the last wound the little one sighed and said, “'It does seem to me, maming, if there was no good place on a litle girl for a bee to sting. *'—Syraouse Pow The Champion Orator. J. Howard Moore is known as the champion prohibition orator of the United States. Ho is studying in the University of Chicago and is the presi. dent of the University Vegetarian olab. He thinks it as wicked to eat meat as to drink liquor. He believes in woman suffrage, has curly hair and soulful eyes, declares that this country is the land of the boss and the home of the sot, but hopes to change all that by a frequent delivery of his prize oration, “The Scourge of the Republic Ho is full of youthful enthusiasm. Now York Tribune. No Longer Boarders. A Boston lady who is passing the summer in New Hampshire writvs to a friend that the word **boarders’’ is not allowed in the house where she is stay. | ing, '‘remunerative guests’’ being the term employed as a substitute by the landlady and her fin de siecle daughters, This recalls to mind a washerwoman st Princeton some years ago who informed | one of her patrons that she needn't think she took in washing becanse she was obliged to. “It is just for pleasure and to pass a bit of the time. «Boston | Gazette, where from one to a dozen Persons, no longer be necessary to have the ve- hicles high enough to enable the rider to overlook the animal, and this will pro duce a change as radical as that from the old high wheeled bike to the safety. The carriage of the future will probably bo go low that one may step into it from the with perfect and the danger of being thrown out from a run away or coliision will be reduced The carriage will of « wheels and elastic tire the puneumatio tire greet ease, on 1111 im minim have For light vehicles may be used, wh heavier work 1 be fest OW Some str Wi Kj lash or kick 11 cle, will no vith lightness sth, It is « ular and will be a } bined fi usef for that the most ul form of § CArring« hicle for two persons, stored in an ord will take the place of or sup; bicycle in famil erate All this is very in g, and the model bhorseless carriage will n of in time, but bef to general use in this count be a vast improvem in the comm roads. Th enough for 1 the two wheeled way and of a three « a wid travel horses ght ve and this lement the inary dwelling, ies of mod terest me re it ean coma in € Orainary « cyclers, but the rider of traver wth rut or tra | Gao i IDR converss en place Mary, my dear, James is g kill two pigs today. Now, what do you want:"'’ After taking a hurried mental inven tory of the 1 es of the larder and considering the tastes of the numer resent reson d capacities us hired hands that must be catered to, the careful housewife re plied “Two, did you say? Well, you might SAVE me a any quantity York He rald and-—ch, beef |" «New hams, dried dozen of vos, A Satisfactory Swiss Sight, Belated tourists in Switzerland are offered a ‘wight’ which is as unique as it is satisfactory. The frowning rocks around the Devii's bridge, between Gos- chenen and Andermatt, are hidden un- dor heavy scaffoldings, put up in order to efface the glaring advertisements which for some time past have disfigured the grand and grewsome mountain for tress. It will delight the heart of every climber on the Gotthart highways and byways to know that pext year he will be spared the sight of one ungainly ad- vertisemen! crying out in gigantio lot- ters, close to the Devil's bridge, the names of the best chocolate manufac. turers in Switzerland, and of another stating the fact that at a certain Berlin hotel 700 beds are at the disposal of the traveler in Switzerland. One wonders whether, togethor with «the advertise. ments, the figure with the cloven hoofs will disappear, which some native or for. eign artist has painted in red color against one of the rocks overhanging the road, of the personage after whom tho famous bridge is named. —Westmin- ' | ster Gazette, v How Bhe Eats, “Restaurant men like the new wom. an,’ sad one of them, ‘She eats lots more than the cther kind. The way the typewriters and stenographers down town have changed their way of feeding in the last ten years is one of the signs of the times. It used to be a cup of tea and a piece of cake or pie for lunch. Now se the beef and ham and hot stews they get away with. And they show the change in their looks too, They're not breaking down, as they used $0 do. "'=Chicago Tribune. 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