by which a vine grower of is said to produce magoifi- He dissolves two kilo- alphate of iron in 100 liters ater and sprinkles it on the leaves bunches of the vines. The first tion is made when the grapes about one-third their fall size, the 1d about a month later and the sbont twenty days before they It is asserted that corre results are obtained with apples and cherries. The od is inexpensive and the journal ated recommends a trial, though it ps not guarantee the success of the tment in all cases. Ventilating Poultry Houses. iicken ‘‘eranks” in a great many sre generally very enthusiastic over the matter of ventilating the houses in which poultry are kept, and meny are the schemes practiced in or- der to accomplish this end. Ventila ian j= an excellent thing, though I be. that on the majority of farms, specially at this season of the a little more attention should be trying to determine how not tilate. And this not ouly ap- 5 the poultry house but alsoto barns. Give this matter your from now on ill spring, for with- dotibt there has been far more killed by the over ventilation are 1 all the fresh air the birds will peed is more than likely to find way into thie house in some shape anner. — Weekly Witness. “9 Harvesting Parsnips. The parsnip 1s usaslly grown on very rich ground, snd when mush iare bas been used it often bass 1k taste when gathered early. It is th better to let the parsnips stay « ground until the soil around it yh once or twice. It may be after the first thaw and when it will be found that ving parsnips out all winter they will be forgotten in spring tho warm woather has started he shoots for seed bearing. Then the parsuip becomes poisonous. But ag & #000 in apring as the ground , the parsnips will be better ig in the fall and wintered A Wagon Washing Device. many farms it is possible to Je oarrisges and farm wagons ing them into a stream or are usually offset by the in feeding horses, a the individuality of h few exceptions, in says a writer in Farming, have water in sufficient atinfy his thirst when: such a much even after * the same protection. A low inch is dug, say two feet deep, and filled a foot deep with leaves. On this bed of leaves the cabbages are set roots up, close together. tities snd held in place with brash. The trenches are made in beds with deep farrows between them to carry off the water, the farrow heing made with the slope of the land so thet the water will not run against the side of the beds. The cabbages will freeze, bat will keep in perfest condition and may be easily taken out as wanted and after being thawed oat roxy be chopped np for nse on the table or for the poultry. By this plan green food ‘may be bad until late in the spring. — Atlauts Journal, Hianching Celery, The old plan of blanching or Lieach- ing celery with earth is objectionable from the fact that wherever the soil comes in contact with the celery stalks it invariably canses rust. The ase of boards is all right, but when a con- siderable quantity of celery is grown it is quite sn effort to handle these boards, to say nothing of the expense. The accompanying cut shows a plan ————— » Foren, A HASDY BLEACHING DEVICE. for using tarred roofing paper, which is nailed to light frames with a heavier stake at either end long enough that they may be driven into the ground from mix to eight inches. The cut shows plainly how to construct such » frame with the strips at the top to hold it in position. If the paper used is thin or lightweight an extra coat of tar may be given each season before use. Make the sections of a eonveni- ent size to handle easily and that they may be stored when not in nse at the expense of the smallest floor space. These frames have been tried by ex- perienced celery growers and pro pounced not only cheaper than boards, but more easily handled aud quite as effective — Atlants Jouraal, Covering Ensiinge. Professor Robertson in his annual report says: In filling a silo particaler pains should be taken to spread the ensilage evenly over the surface; other. wise the leaves and lighter parts may lie in one place, and the stalks and ears in an . The ensilage at the sides and corners of the silo shonld be tredden down as compactly as possi ble. Then immediately after the silo is filled it should be covered with » layer of four or six inches of cut straw, and that hy about eighteen inches or two feet of any kind of rough straw. In the feeding ont of the ensilage, it is not a good plan to expose & large surface in the silo at one time, Where practicable, only ss much of the sur. face of the ¢ should be uncoy- ered as will cause » depth of about six inches to be removed from it by feed. ing every day. A hall or one-quarter of the ensilage may be uncovered at one time, and it may be ent down with a hay knife, leaving a perpendicular face, which will mold very slightly. Where too lacge a surface of ensilage is exposed to the air it becomes offen. sive to the smell and gives rise to the growth of molds. These sometimes contaminate the stable and spread the belief that the feeding of ensilage im- parts a flavor to the milk. Such flavors get into the milk through the atmos. phere, and not through the feeding of the cow. Uses of the Soil, In the first place it is an immense workshop in which chemical and bio- logical changes are constantly going on. The minute soil particles or rock fragments are continually being dis- solved and made ready for hungry plant roots. The soil is the home of a vast army of living creatures. We never see them. They are too small. They sre the lowest form of life——sim- ple, one-celled plants, in the shape of spheres or ovals, or short rods. How small are these creatures of the earth? In transverse diameter one twenty-five thousandth of an inch is a common | measurement. Increase the hight of the ordinary man one thousand times and his head would be over a mile above the earth, yet one of these little { creatures under the same magnifica- tion would have plenty of room to dance up and down in the film of water between two plates of glass pressed firmly together. From 100 to 250 of them placed side by side would make green | the thickness of an ordinary sheet of Shey These little fellows are con- tinuslly st work causing decay of | vegetable matter in the soil, and thas making plant food. They are among the farmer's best friends. Second, the soil is a great storehouse of water. | If we always had plenty ol moisture in our soils we would have good erops. The soil acts as a large sponge to ab- sorb water and hold it for the use of Third, the soil is a home for ts. It affords a place in which may live and | Agrieunlturist, Leaves are | {then heaped over them in large quan- The pathway of life may bs ragged apd Bteep, Put the road through the soustry is steaner; Tha pitfalls and spares that beset us are deen, Bat the mad that surrosuds us is desper, Thors nea lanes ratie for fridges and mud heviea for drains, And Sard heads and boulders for gravel, And brakes down bugeies on billeides and plains Give warnings (ike ghosts, as we travel fank Boren: by work and abuses broken down {iara at ne from roadside and stable; Young mer reaching wistfoliy sur toward the tows, (rr sewing ite porials when alde, Desarted farmbousie the fences dacsvod, And the hresrss throngh sod patoges nowing: Wheres once BARDY they plave Hide and seek when the did corn was Cgrowing. alitidran reiaiomd ga What joy for the youth as his longings ex. and, In ils so restricted and narrow; His prospects, ‘mid ad opportunities grand, But to follow the plow and the harrow, Hall banished from hope, and shut ont from the word By s fimsy but tangitie curtain, x Society's pleasures away from him buried - The roads are so very anieriais, Thers's iittie enjoyment in lle seatiored round, And iittle of profit or pleasures, In roads wheres the bottom San soardejy be foand With jess than a seven-[not measure, Lat us seak some reforms, then, Al Ouse ore we Jods All tease of or roads from our annals, And make surface roads that the public EAN Gee, Or «iss take the andergroaied channels, A Governor's Road Wessuge. The recent message of Governor Smith, of Vermont, to the State Leg: islature, dealt largely with good roads. Their present law, he asserted, is en. tirely wrong, as over $86,000 are sn- unally collected and then distributed among the towns, to be spent by 245 highway commissioners in repairing the roads of their respective towns, while not a cent of it goes into perma benefit to the State. The money is spread ont so thin thatitis practically thrown away. The iden of the law was that the smaller towns would recaive from the State, in the annual distribation, more than they had paid as their share of the tax, but the increase proves to be too small to be of any material bene fit. On the contrary, the small towns wonld receive far greater advantages if the tax were nsed toward buildiog permanent roads and they were con produce, Statistios bad been prepared by the (iovernor ‘to show the cost of trans from various towns which lie away from the line of the railroads, to the railroads, ss compared with the cost of transporting the same article from the railroad to market. From these statistics it appears that on butler lumber, granite, lime, brick, cement! snd hay the rate is from $2.50 to 84 per ton by team from the point of production to the railroad, while the rate to haul the same articles from the railroad station to the point of con sumption is but from $3.40 down to $1.66 per ton. In none of these in twelve miles: in none of the instances is the haul by railroad less than 140 miles, . “The rates by railroads.” said the (GGoverzcor, “will never, in my judg went, be higher, so that whatever can be saved by improved roads out of the cost of teaming these prodnots caught to go into the pocket of the producer of the hay or the batter or the lumber or granite or whatever is teamed. The standard suthorities give the saving in cost of teaming over good roads as compared to ordinary dirt roads to he from fifty to seventy five per cent., so that there is from $!.25 to $3.00 for every ton of freight teamed to go into the pocket of the prodacer in Ver. mont, if only good roads are made where bad ones now exist” The Governor therefore urges that the Massachusetts highway law, mod. ified as required, be adopted in Ver. mont, snd that the tax of $56,000, now sunually collected for road repairs, be turned over to State highway commis stoners, who sail control its expendi- ture under the provisions of law. In respect to cost of hauling by team to the railroads, the figures given by Governor Smith show bow heavily the farmers suffer from bad roads, not slone iu Vermont bat in nearly all States in which similar condi: tions obtain. New Jersey, Massachn- setts and New York are working out a remedy for these evils, and the other States cannot do better than act on Governor Smith's follow their examples. — Balletin. Progress of the Crusade. It's a long lane if it’s & deep one ‘A bill designed to promote the con. struction of eycle- ia to be intro- duced at the next session of the Oa- tario (Canada) Legislature. It is modeled after the law in force in Mon- roe County, New York. A public meeting of indignant citi- gens was held in Dublin lately to or- ganize the Irish Roads Improvement Association. The bad condition of the roads and streets about the Irish cap- ital necessitates some action, An ideal pavement must be cheap durable, offer little resistance to tise tion, furnish a tirm foothold for horses, suit sll classes of traffic, be sdanted to grades, present a good appearance, be impervious to water, non-absorbent, not dusty or noisy, easily cleaned and A, W. grow. —American not subject to decay. nent work or furnishes any lasting nected by them with the railways to | which they are obliged to carry their | stances does the haul by team sxcoed | estion and | [ice crea How Jt is Packed and Preserved For © Travelers on the High Seas, The ocenn steamships all serve ice cream at dinner and buy a sapply for the round trip in New York. The They stow the shellfish away in a tank which is half fall of rocks and sea. weed. They draw off the water avery hose from the sea, so that it 12 per- footly ensy to keep them in good con- dition for several weeks, lobsters 10 the same way. [os cream is more difenits y handle. Jt is put np in cabes of one quart each, which sre packed in pasteboard boxes after’ heing wrapped in oiled paper. The boxes are then stowed away in tin cans or chests which hold enough for a single dinner. These are sealed and piled np in the re What ice cream is left from one voy- aga is used on the next. [It has been known to keep in good condition for two or three months, preserved in a similar manner by | freezing it into blocks, and the pro- cons is said to be a great success. Fresh milk in cans cannot be kept longer than forty-eight hours without lowing sonsething of its flavor, bat it is claimed that milk frozen by the new process may not only be preserved an indefinite length of time if kept in an even temperatare, but ia entirely free from disease germs, as if it had been boiled. A company has been formed at Copenhagen with a capital of $50,600 to perfeot this process and erect a plant capable of turming out 110,000 pounds a day, which can be shipped to any part of the world in vessels tha! have a refrigerator capacity. AAR 5 3 NA RAN nh 4 Se NESS: Letters and the Blars. To write » letter when one is suffer: porary or chronic depression, thus sending forth one’s melancholy to be- smother another's in equally short-sighted. happiness, sonceivad letter hax gone beyond your reach, and you cannot recall it, and it is basy about its baleful errand when you are in no frame of mind to own that you sent it out. Years afterward it may fall into the hands of your heirs, and may lay at your door the charge of a tendency to insanity, or be quoted in evidence of your spir- Citnal or mental weakness and in | felicaty. | when you are tn a low mood. | with the letters of well-known people. | What right has the public to the in- | revelation caused by the paublieation | of letters when the helpless dead can : lift no band for their own defenss or | protection. Much as we enjoy bi | ography, there often comes aver vs » | areepy feeling, a sort of shiver, at the ' thought that those who wrote these | private personal letters never intend | od thera for the perusal of other eyes thao thone of the one to whom they were sdiressed. Famous men and women shoald take preeautions dur. ing their lifetime against this invasion of their individual rights when they are no longer here Letters are endowed with a sort of earthly immortality an indestruetibil- ity whieh resists everything except the fames. — Harper's Bazar. A Menn Man. was pretty close. Theres nndertock money for his family, and did raise a goodly sum. Somehow they succeeded in getting a contnibation from this man I na telling you about, but in at ninety days and they left with the note. a lump cash contribution, they all, and paid the money. paid cash except this one they went to him and explained the situation. | He declined to make it a cash sub- committee's repeated appeals, ‘agreed to pay it in eash if the eom- mittee would discount the note. they did, deducting the bank dis. count for the time the note had to ras. Nashville Banner. One on the Judge. A celebrated Judge was once trying a case where the accused could duly understand Irish, and an interpreter was sceordingly sworn. The prisoner said soniething to the interpreter, and the latter replied. “What does he say?’ demanded the udge. “Nothing, my Lord.” ‘How dare you say that when we all heard him? Come, sir, what was “My Lord,” said the interpreter, beginning to tremble, ‘it had nothing to do with the case.” “If you dom’t answer I'll commit you, sir, Now, what did he say?” “Well, my Lord, you'll excuse me, bat be said, ‘Who's that ould woman with the red bed curtain round her sitting up there? ” At which everybody present roared. “And what did you say?” said the Judge, looking a little uncomfortable, “I said, ‘Whist, ye spalpeen! That's the ould boy that’s going to hang yez.'"—-Tit-Bits, sarin is troe of clams and oysters. | morning snd refill the tank with a They keep It takes about R00 pounds for the ronnd trip for a passenger list of 250. frigerator, whore the temperature isl kept even the whole year around. In Denmark some one has discov- | | erad a process by which milk can be ing from » fit of the bines, from tem | come the chilly wet blanket which can | Ont comes the | bright sunshine, and your clouds van. i ish, bat your darkly snd wretchedly Refrain from writing letters | Another pount, and this has to do | | tizaate knowledge, the unuveiling, the portation of the produsts of Vermout | g 8 : 1 heard of a Louisville man who! died a preacher who was perhaps the most anlar wan in Louisville. His friends | to raise a neat sum of stead of giving cash he gave his note The committee tried | te get him to pay cash, bat he refused, | There were two or three other notes, bat when the committes explained to the | givers that they would like to make it | except this one, took up the notes’ When all had | scription, but finally, in answer to the he | This He was a very close man — Scene in Portugal at the Rio Por CARRYING THE PORT RAPER TO THY WINERY, 0% THE | NEAR THE VALLEY DE MENETIZ WHERE THEY ARE DUMPED IY THE i NMANHING VATS To BE TRODDEN FOR PORT WINE. ; The rugged hills with projecting rocks of brown stone and | containing a large quantity of iron, make it impossible to nse wagons ! here hence the grapes have to be carried to the treading vat or larger as they are called, and some are large : i $ tread, winch they do dancing to mu and made into wine. course of years ot from western vineyards. sale, Pennsylvania Raiiroad Tmme | Pittsburg & Eastern Time Table Nov. 20, 1888, f Main Line. ; Leave Uprasonyo Fast wan! Meg [hore Bx press, weell dus POA toon Aveomimmoriation, week dis C Main Line Express, daily I Ajroeons Aevomaiodaition, daily EMail Fox press, daily i Philadeiptin Express, daily onan ; Famve t Reamer. West wast {Johnstown Ase, week days I Paritie xpress, dally | Way Pawsenge daily I Plttatnirg Fogo i Mai “s § Fastitne, daily Z } Inlsnstown Advan, woek days cambria and Clearfield, Rewyith wa nd Morning tesla far Potion and Cresson ope {een Cansplell Sd Meballey Su a me Ia I owe eS Westover S00 Hastings Rl Gare way for Ceeaon: 80 Patton sik Beadiey Lda eon Tae Kavier (for Phenabniegt The arriving at Crom at 200 8 6 Afternoon i train for Pation and reason amves § Cimmptell al 36 pa Malaffey at S08 fadome Hew Bgl sw =3 TETYLES WUTHAEE gE53888 ga8zsR Be We EXETER Cate Westover 200 Hastiogs B10; Giarway for Dieweneony: BaD Patton 380 Bradisy Junetion Laie Kaylor £19, arriving at Cresson at fh i Northwant oo Morning train leaves Cresson ie Maha they Lat kay Fhenebai § Janetion 19000 Palton [ed LOWY Ddome 13 Mabadfey 120 arriving at Glen i Cam foal 1peh Afernoan taain for Pat {En and Gilden Camphill savas reer dt 10 P Kayior Sak Fhensbiirg el PME Patten 827 tareay (Rw Hustings: 4% | Hastings (for Glenn Cam { lon Cnmph iH: Dae | 72, Mahailey 7.08; arriving at tion Campbell i wt EX pom i For mates: maps, oh {or address Thos. E. Watt, | FI avenue, Pittsburg. Pa { J. BR Hutebinwun, J. H. Won, an, Mar wo. Paas Agt CONDENSED TIME TABLE. apply 10 tele. $ AW, I m0 Tu effeat December }, 1897. Eastwann-- Week Days wy AM NN [fiamey. .. .... L358 90 LB Honrsdaw, T3720 an { Dwewoia Mills, T846 251 1256 Philipsburg... R10 ed LW ‘ AN. AR PR WrsTwano-~ Wonk Days AXE AM RN OPN Philipabueg. ... 820 11.13 Lak 500 Omewcia Mille. 533 11.31 201 418 R30 1M LE 3% $00 1206 238 a8 Sowoar Taarws 8 Read Down, ER I RABY... assevs conse BUG Houtzedain. . ... ce , B33 Dwewcia Mills, bai Poiilpsbaeg .... o.oo... &dd M4. Sexpay Traine, SU Bemd Up. AX. Bamey.. ....... rein hr 13.28 Houtzdale wn vos BE 13 Pmaeain Mills, coco BIG Philipsburg i PX. EN, 300 400 ai: in 348 rs Houtmdale |. # r 4 8 5 5 A. , 8 3 2 a semen ws Comwperiows-- At Philipsburg (Unio Stas Hon with ail Boson Crook Radicosd trains for and from Beilefonte, Lock Haven, Whis lamsport, Beading, Polindeiphia and Now York; Lawreniwilie Cormng, Watks Gioneva aad Lyons; Cleartisid, Mehafley Patton; Curwessvilie, DuBois, Punxsutaws Ridgway, BEradiord, Duffaic and How baster, At Ovenaln tor Houtadaie and Ramey with P. BR truius leaving Tyrone at 7.230 P. Mo G. MH. GOO, Geawal Hup's It was a viston that made Cornelins, the Roman, send for a Christian preacher, and it was a vision that made the preacher willing to go. Science and human reason may not recognize spiritual phenomena but neither rea- son por scispee (an consistently deny the possibility that the great Being in Whese realm crowd the infinite mys teries of the universe, did send mes sengers of regeneration to the poor beathen river pirate. Grooming Horses by Electricity. The electric current is pow applied to operating horse-grooming machin- ery, less than three minutes being suf- ficient for going over an animal Horse-clippers can also be operated by | electric power at high speed. J ALFRED § TO the Pioneer wine grower of New Jersey whose Port Grape wine and Burgandy rivals the world, imported the Port Grape vines Ay years ago, and planted vineyards in the Passaic Valley N. |. The sotl in Passaic county, New Jersey, is identical to that of de’Menetiz. : Speer’s New Jersey Vineyards are situated in the Passaic valley below the mountain range and the grapes are carted to the winery in the town of Passaic where they are mashed between rollers made of rubber, which do not break the seeds, © ievarke Ove JanPtiey L Works f : Burnside ¢ Pamanore! © faben Latpledl { Horton Run f i Koller Hua Filler Run CER Lick 1 LT ee Kayvior 021 Roadiey i cimrwny for Haw | ings sav Hastings fr Muahusey Ciba tr i ior Mahaffey 113% Westover JEM Lae : fhe) : rownt: at Whiskey Ron with | “ & i tnt ruilrvend; at Motes with I. & U raiiromdd. Rendiey Junetion pil: TO Garway for Ventiaver TE Ladose Beech Creek Railroad. Agent [2 3 | Renad 0 i Ex i 613 en 848 | re. bob ET IN Looe Sow York 3 Altona & enough for twenty personsto oF PEER These grand wines of Specr’s that have meliowed in flavor in the : igening, are the choicest wines in this country and can only be obtained by pagiog a price that is higher than new wines Mr. Speer deems it necessary for a heal wine that it be allowed years to mature in wood to coarse parts; with this object he keeps his wines several years in fumigated cellars and frequently racks before bottling or offering ~The reputation of Speer’s wines as a valual i family wine extends around the world $47 Grocers and Druggists sell Speer's Wines and Brandy. FF 2 Jualtey = for Sob dr Table. 10 TAKE EFFECT MOV. 21, 1098 Westward - gf Taave ® up 2 od ¥ Mab floy $Tndan Staticn Mubhatfey : fabmiburs { Qu pueriund 1 Eik faek 7 SARNEERTULEE % i" RL BEG 8 AER eb re LUBTRERRTANIND EEE sd SEER pn pthc Eastward Lamy 2 + vh % bw “ » ES BRCEORenREUYES] Bl ERRdwsasrnnrse’ Horton Bun t aden VC aonpbwell Passive © Burnside mp naderiaind £ Works §. Mot goon ea {abatharst §. Mubathey Bawls © revi Junetion vid Unione Station Mabafey: f. Ping station, Connections At Union Ststion, with Beeel (rook railroad, © & © 4 Pransyivania milrond, snd P. & NV WEEE EWR a AMM At ALAS RST Notowo- Until further notices tmins onde between Union Station | Ma Glen Caanphell. All trains daily day. KH. Hicks ' pe AS INE SO HN Cl RAE vl _- a of N.Y.C&H R R Co Lewes. Condensed Time Table. nm ES em “o su ER ie Now No@ "i ne ¥ is wr io #0 iS. ar 0 Eunice “ “ wa 6 rd shah vd vl MLR a .. 15 Jat Has ie Hm manly BB Iv i #ur 3 aR 0 hae i} 3010 “a Wallace Morrisduie Mines Munn Philipsburg 5% Rew ® » EEE S8 snRas wr = # © Bs Mune Winbarne for Giltintown 3 Fawlty (Creek >: Mit Halt : [awk Haven ¥ Yonnamelnie (Wayne Tw Terwey whore Jumnetion 3 Th Jeruey : 4T 3 be WLitamsport am am Phila & Reading BR BU La ar Wilinrnspert iv Philadelphia ar NY via Tamuagus ar NYvia Phils ar = FEE ¥ @ } 5 % . RENZDEDES ew Th WEES yay iv OW E00 BEY pois *Daaiiy 0p muundame i Weekdays 11 55 am San gers tveling adelphtin on [298 pio train from will ohmngy ones at Huntingdon 85 Conportions-—- AL YL Inmmpar with Phil deighin and Remiling mil : ut Jobet hu with the Fail Broek Hy. at with entral Wilrosd of Penosyivaning a8 Phi pabag yi Puiuytvanis wilromd and nitl Connecting miirond; as Clearfield with the. Tutiuio, a Pittsburg railway; at Mua y and BP with (smbrs and Clenefie'd diy k 4 Penosyvania milromd: at ify wi Pennsyivanis snd North weal . i. Palmer, Beech Creek sunday, as follows: 85 am. noddaviile A ni rhode Curwensville, DuBois, Falis {Creek alilsville. Connecting at DuBois way, Johnsonburg, Bradifond and 12% am. Buthio Ex for © DuBois and Falls er, ; Bota, ‘hor. Ridgeway, Jubnnonburg, Sheds fusrd and Butislo 3. ¥ : #27 p.m. DuBois and Punxsatawney Ex. Ho For DuBois. Falls Creek and Pass AQLAWHEY. He and 310 snd 6 On and after Nov. 05, 1K tains will lave Trains arrive, X55 a mm. Pm For tickets, time tables and full information, omil on or address, CoB Hop.
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