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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16

DEATH OF ADELAIDE NElLsoN.-Aielailc
Nelson died suddenly y,scrday OF tho Cont.
rental Hotel, PsTs. Lillian Adelaide Nelson
vas born in the South of Eugla1d in tho yesr
1874. sad ulado her G;st appearance upon tho
stage 10 1860, whca she was lG years CT age.
Sho GINS 10 The u. s 10 1872 With acr E9g
llsh rcpG::!inu already secured. and, except for
r;tuEn TO Earope tor tw4lVo months on &C
cunt Ct oXhGuaioa from hard work played 10
thi5 couotTv every season sine, then. SIC ssilcd
from New York scarcely month DsO. having
announced previous to her departure that she
bad played ner faroEclI engagement in Ameri
CT, and would soon retire from tho stage per-
manenty. Her gtrs: b:su;y Of fec aud figure,
her graceful carriage and vcos sioeulariy
sweet and eff>c i've had uuca 10 d. with her
popularity. but even without these lid5 she
was really admirable artistic. Miss Nelson
was married to Philip Lee, but separation took
plsc, between them ssyers! years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16

EscArG CT PK1soEERs-Ol the night of the
It'll inst. two priaoncr5 il the jail st Jonesville,
Lee county. Va, estonishcd tho jslor By rous.
ing him up and notifying him Of the escape Ct
six other prisoners Four Of tho refugees were
United States prisoners. convicted at the Msy
term Of the Federal Court of violations of the
revenue laws, and were serving ont thec several
terms Of imprisonment, ranging from TWO to six
months; the other two we're John ID. Willis and
john Desett the common eslths prisonars.-
Willis was convicted O.. murder and sentenced
to be executed. but new ttisl had been granted
10 take place st the August term, They got out
OF their coils with wooden keys, made by them.
selves, and made their escape through the cor.
ri6or window by sheets from their beds. One
OF the prisoners remaining behind was charged
with murder, ya. he processes 30 have hs! no
ce:ro to escape
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16

Lord Strstord de Radcliffe is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16

SALT1MoaE, Aug IL Virginia 81 Old -; d
deferred 4; do consols 81; do ID series -
past due coupons SS2; new 1910, ALI bid to.ds;
Cottoa dull mid1line III. Flour qlic,, b..
steady; Howard street and Western Super > =.
s. g.; do Extra 4sS4 rs do Family 5siG; tiy
Mills Suoer = 75sS3 so; 60 Extra 75aSi 10; G.
Family GaS6 60; DO Rio brands 75.S5 So r..
tapsco Family Sc SIS. Whest-Soutbern c.sjc-
but not quotAbly lower; Western ouia. tW.l;
Southern red l00sl0S; do amber ll0allj; No
Maryland ll4!; No2 Westsrn winter led sgi
hnn Aug l07i .l0is; Sept l03sl0sl; Oct II: .,
lOS5i Nov 1904 asked. Corn-Sou:hccD qg:c.
but steady; Western Gull and esaiar; SoU;;.rn
white 81 do yellow nominal; Western m'Sr,
spot and nus 81; Sept 5ls asked DC: 81 $50.
Oats firm. but quiet; Southern 40G4l; Wcsje:,
white 37s39; do mixed 25s3j; Penns 3Ta;9 Fly
quiet and easier at n. Hay stoady; prime /"
choice Pe1na ana Maryland 1882 Cot"
firm; Rio cargo3s ordinsry to choic; l".Ii..
Sugar strong; a e'fs lCb. Whi,kay qnic: :!
l llsSl ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-16

I HO H1aI Net to VUIGsI WIN UW. ITttlC CISNE :
moo slace Saturdays report. Tho demand :.
Flour is moderate, and principally conGra: t.
the homo trsdo. Offerings Of Whest light. Ii,
receipts &C. lay Eeaching only about 5000 bas4c.,
which sold at rs. s.. 3d. 100. 1G3. 1854, 10i, oi.
and los for Fultz aud les ITO AID Iii for l..r.
csste'. Receipts OF Corn, Rge and Oats ygrv
limited, and 20 transactions repo;toi while qa
tstions remain as given in our tab!o. Count
produce coming in in limited qusE.i!;c,, with {
fair erqu:ry.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

THE TE5r ~ TnE NATIONAL WELFARE IL THE thTELLI
dEscE AND PROSPERITY oY TmE FARMER.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Washing Sheep Worse than Useless.

Hon. A. n Allen.
AS usually conducted this isa cruel,
barbarous custom and there is no
benefit To- be derived from it, and
frequently considerable loss from
the chill given TO the sheep, causing
a cold, followed by internal inHam-
nation and death. The day this is
done may be warm and sunny, but
the river or pond water still cold,
and the sheep, after being washed,
are obliged TO retain their wet fleeces
so long, even if they escape n cold,
as TO make it quite injurious to them.
Unless turned into clean grass pas
ture Immediately, sheep will gather
up as great weight Of dirt before
shearing as was washed out of them,
so that the wool gains no benefit
from the ablution. But If it did, 1t
would he all tue same 10 the manu-
facturer, because before being worked
up into cloth, all wool has 10 be
thoroughly cleanscd by his own more
thorough process, so whether IL be a
little more or less dirt is of no conse.
quence to him. The only trouble Is
when selling the wool, the purchaser
haggles for the greatest possible dis
count he can obtain In consequence
of the dirt. Yet with people of gccd
judgment, who are accustomed to
breeding sheep or handling their
fleeces, this necessary allowance is
easily and fairly got at. lfshecp run
in clean pasture during the Summer,
and are kept In well-llttered yards
during the Winter, and their feeces
properly tagged before shearing, they
will show so little dirt IS TO be unob-
jectionable to the buyer, and he can
easily guess what tho cleanscd might
net to the manufacturer.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Preparing Cream for Churniug,

Ry @, :. B.i-..
The preparation oS cream for
churning is an act that only very
small proportion Of even good dairy
men fully understand. The old the
ory Of the witches in the cream some
times seems, TO very good dairy
managers, to be the only possible
explanation of its peculiar action.
Many 3 batch OF cream has been
churned upon for hours with no ap-
parent effect, because it vas not
properly tempered. Call the atten.
ton Of the poor sufferer to the condi-
ton of his cream, and he at once
insists that it was ali right when he
began; he tested it, and the ther-
mometer stood at G2S. But half the
world cannot understand, and the
other half will not, that the thermom-
eter may indicate CO. in a batch of
cream, and not a single globule of the
butter fat be heated above i50 or 50'.
There are lots of old fogy notions in
mems heads that they will not give
up, though the stars fall. Most but
ter makers, when they are about TO
churn, heat up their cream to the
traditional standard and put it into
the churn, supposing that they have
done just the right thing. One OF
the best butter makers in this coun.
try, (he does not live in VermoHt) },
found by experience that he always
got better results if he heated his
cream TO 60', and held it there l2
hours before churniug. Another
whose goods have taken very high
rank, and whose methods are very
regular, prepares her cream by heat.
ing it TO 90, and letting it fall back
from that TO CO.. Neither could give
the rationale Of the operation, but
both accomplished precisely the same
result, but by two different processes
that is, they bring the cream glob.
ules TO tue standard temperature.
The explanation of the phenomena is
that the fatty part of the cream does
not absorb heat so rapidly as the
other portions. Only by the pro-
tracted holding of the mass at co.
can the fatty portion be brought to
that temperature without raising the
other portion higher. Several other
points are involved, but this the most
important.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Currants and Their Cultivation.

FROM "Euecess vth Small Prnits,r IN scribRer for
April.
The first requisite is, not wetness,
but abundant and continuous mois-
ture. Soil naturally deficient in this,
and which cannot be made drouth-
resisting by deep plowing and culti-
yation, Is not adapted 10 the currant.
Because the currant is found wild i'm
bogs it does not follow that it can
be grown successfully in undrained
swamps. II will do better in such
places than on dry, gravelly knobs,
or on thin, light soils, but our fine
civilized varieties need civilized con-
ditions. The well.drained swamp
may become the very best Of currant
fields; and damp, heavy land, that is
capable of deep, thorough cultivation,
should be selected, If possible. When
such is not. to be had, then by deep
plowing, sub-soiling, by abundant
mulch around the plants throughout
the summer, and by occasional water
ings in the garden, countcracting the
effects Of lightness and dryness of
soil, skill can go far in making good
natures deficiencies.
Next TO depth of soil and moisture
the currant requires fertility. 1t is
justly called one of the 'gross feed
ers," and is not particular as TO the
quality of its food so that il is
abundant. / would still suggest.
however, that it be fed according TO
its nature with heavy composts, in
which muck, leaf-mold and tie clean
ings of the cow stable are largely
present. Wood ashes and bone meal
are also most excellent. If stable or
other light manures must be used /
would suggest that they be scattered
literally on the surface in the fall or
early spring, aud gradually worked
in by cultivation. Thus used, their
light heating qualities will do no
harm, and they will keep the surface
mellow and therefore moist.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
The soiling System.

ITS ADVANTAGES BRIEFLY SUMMED uP.
from tla Farm Journal.
The three prominent advantages
are: !, At least three times as many
animals may be fed by the cut feed as
could be obtained by grazing, owing
to the animals not treading down the
plants, and TO the stronger growth
when the plants can reach full size,
than when grazed short. ,. The in
crease in the quantity of milk by
about 20 per cent, in consequence of
keeping the animals quiet and away
from the annoyance of flies. 3. The
manufacture of valuable manure.
When the cows have the run of the
pasture, they spend much of the time
in hot weather in the shade stamping
and switching flies; when in the sta
ble with the doors closed, the flies
give them little trouble, and they eat
freely. 4. Fences may be dispensed
with.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
worms.

The tobacco crop seems TO be com
manding increased attention in our
county, and for the benefit of novices
who have undertaken its culture, we
copy the following from the Ameri-
can Farmer:
The tobaccohy must now he antici
pated. We recommend the following
remedies:
lst. Keep the young plants growing
by judicious application of the very
best fertilizers; that is the planters
chief hope.
%. Apply, with unsparing hand, air.
Stacked lime within the bed after every
rain. We would advise the doubling
Thomases to try just one strip through
the middle Of the bed, or upon cabbage
plants sown in the garden for the pur.
pose.
3D.. We have just received recipe
upon this subject from our indeiatigable
commissioners of agriculture, the Hon.
VIM. q. lie Duo. He says:
Take onc.third OF barrel OF COW.
dung, pour on this sufficient water 10
make, when worked in, a stiff paste
Dry the paste and powder it. Put this
powder on the plants while wet with
rain.
4th. Though we have no experience
with it, we would suggest Paris green.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

PRoF. HAMILTON, member of the
State Board of Agriculture from this
county, has been appointed to read
an essay upon "Clover as a Fertil-
izer," at the summer meeting Of the
Board, which will be held at Gettys.
burg, June 8. This is placing a sub
ject of paramount Importance to all
farmers in very capable hands.
DIR. James Calder, who, as Presi-
dent of the State College, is an er
c6icio member of the Board, is to deal
with the subject, "Does Cutting Injure
the Vitality of the Potato 2" We
have no doubt that both these papers
will prove Of great practical benefit
to farmers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Shall We Now the Glover or Plow il
Down.

waldo" ia Practical Farmer.
There is an idea with many farmers
that the benefit derived from clover
comes mostly from the plowing under
Of the tops. / believe this TO be a
mistake. The roots of the clover
weigh more than the tops, and by
their decay in the soil furnish n large
amount Of plant food, and in addition
have an important mechanical effect
ON the soil, and those who have made
careful experiments have found near
ly or quite as great benefit TO the
soil from n clover crop, when it was
removed and the stubble plowed un-
der, as when the growth of top was
all plowed under. / had a field in
clover last summer that was intended
for wheat, and plowed q part of it
under in June when the clover had
made its full growth the remainder
! cut for hay and when it had made
a light growth of the second crop |
plowed il under; the wheat is much
the best on the part from which the
first crop was removed, and the hay
which j made was worth ten dollars
an acre TO me for feed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

handful or two daily in the corn field,
and our word for it, the crows will
not touch a hill Of what you have
planted. Scatter it very tbinly, SO
that they will be obliged to hunt for
ii, and in their search they will pick
up thousands OF the destroying
worms.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

DoN'T shoot the crows. Don't
poison them. Don't kill them in any
other way. Don't even try to frighten
them away from your corn.Relds.
why oyou want the black thieves
to pull half of our corn 2" you ask in
indignation. Not a bit of it. But
jim Grow has always been m;sun.
derstood, and sadly maltreated; and
If he Is shown proper consideration,
and his efforts are duly appreciated
and rewarded, he will not only leave
your planted corn untouched, but
prove himself an efficient ally in your
warfare against the cut-worms, wire.
worms, and the numerous other
worms and grubs which do really
commit serious depredations. To be
sure, he has his weaknesses, (and
who of us has not y, one of which Is
fondness for soft corn, and If he
finds nicely softened kernel in the
neighborhood of the cut-worm for
which he has been boring so indus.
triously, It would be expecting too
much of crow nature, to ask him to
stop short and leave 1t untouched,
unless We provide him with some OF
the same sort which he can get with.
out digging. Soak a few quarts Of
the refuse corn shelled from tho ends
Of the ears used for seed corn, or Of
the rat-eaten grains to be found In
the bottom of most corn cribs, until
they are quite soft, and scatter q
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

Ihs sum of hity CENTS eost Of ADVERTISING uill be
added tn the taxes aud c''sts In each case
A. IEAR1CK, Treasurer.
TreA-urer's Once. BeIefuHto IA
April lO, 1850
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Ne,c Advertisements.
TREASURER'S SALE
IF UNSEATED LANDS FOR

TAXES FOR 1879, AND PREVIOUS YEARS
Notice IL hereby given that In pursuance OF An Act
Of Assembly, passed the 18th day June, A. d. 1873,
entitled An Act to amend Act directed the mode 81
selling unseated lands in Centre county, and the
yera supplements thereto there will be exposed To
public sale or outcry the following tracts of un"ai"d
lands in said county tor tho taxes DIN" aud unpaid
thereon At the Court House In the Borough II Belle
fnnie. on the SECOND MONDAY OF JUNE, \. u,
1850.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

To FIND ones self two or three
days behind time in the preparation
of the corn ground, and with a stable
full of distempercd horses, is by no
means one of the pleasant or encour-
aging experiences OF farm life, and
yet we happen To know that such
things may be. Thorough and re-
peated smokings with tobacco, old
leather and honey comb, and daily
washing and rubbing the neck and
throat with strong, hot tobacco water,
helped rid the stock of the plague
rapidly. In addition to this, VIC gave
two or three doses day Of the fol-
lowing mixture: One part each OF
lard, soft soap, gunpowder and gum
myrIh, and two parts of fine tar. A
spoonful at n time OF this was placed
as far down the throat as we could
reach, the object being to have it
lodge about the glands of the throat,
thereby stimulating the natural dis.
charge through the mouth. This
treatment, coupled with great care in
feeding, enabled us to keep our stock
at about half work, ana cure them at
the same time. Can't some of our
readers tell us of an efectual pre-
ventive Of distemper?
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

WE WISH that we could make
every farmer appreciate that the YER
min which they permit to infest their
chickens and chickcn.houses are the
direct source of very large proper
ton Of the ills that fowl flesh is heir
to. We are sure that more pains
would then be taken TO rid them OF
these pests. At this season the lice
multiply with wonderful rapidity
taking advantage of the setting hens
and tender chicks. When the hens
are set be sure to sprinkle the nest
plentifully with -four of sulphur,
and provide box of common road
dast, we'll mixed with sulphur, in
which they can roll and wallow.
This, with coal oil poured on the
roosting poles every week or ten days,
will keep the lice in check.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20
Keep Less Stock in Summer, and More in
the Winter.

Col Young on Maintaining and Increasing Fertility
A majority of the farmers of this
country now keep too large a stock
in the summer season, whereby too
much of the substance of the land is
consumed, and too small stock in
the winter TO make sufficient manure
for the manuring seasons. If this
rule were changed, it would aid large
ly in increasing the fertility of their
farms. The fertility of farms can
not be maintained by constantly
draining Off substance, any more
than can . meal bag contain meal If
you are always taking out and put
ting nothing in.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-05-20

THE great work before the agricul-
tural journalist in this country con-
sists principally In teaching and
enforcing the true principles of sci.
entidc farming By schick Ae SOL mov
be recapcrated. The production of
crops upon good soil, It Is true, may
be greatly increased both In quality
and quantity by the adoption or
scientific methods; but that is not
the most important field for. scien-
tiic exploration. re science will
induce or enable the farmers TO
restore the soil 10 condition of pro-
ductiveness, the crop questions will
give but little trouble. With good
coil it ts easy enough TO raise good
crops. A good soil is the best safe
gusrd against q wet season or a dry
season ; and as for insects, it l. the
only safe and reliable exterminator.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
All Hands Below.

A good story is told of parrot who had
always lived on board of ship, but who
escaped at one Of the Southern ports, and
took refuge in a church. Soon afterward
the congregation assembled, and the minis
ter began preaching to them in his earnest
fashion, saying there was no virtue in them,
that every man of them would. go to an
endless perdition unless they repented.
Just as he spoke the sentence, up spoke the
parrot from his hiding place:
''All hands below !"
To say that ''all hands, were startled
would be mild way of putting it. The
peculiar voice and unknown source had
much more effect on them than the parsons
voice ever had. He waited moment, and
then, a shade or two paler, he repeated the
warning.
"All hands below ~ again rang out from
somewhere.
The preacher started from his pulpit and
looked anxiously around, inquiring if any
body had spoken.
"All hands below!' was the only reply,
at which the entire panic-stricken congrega-
ton got up, and a moment afterwards they
all bolted for the doors, the preacher trying
his best to get there first, and during this
time the misehie7ous bird kept up this
yelling:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04
MAKING MONEY OUT OF PANCAKES.

The Belfast (Me.) Journal tells how an
enterprising woman is making money there:
'1t is not on that article of diet made by
our grandmothers that we are to speak, but
pancake of less digestible nature man.
ufactured at the Belfast shoe factory. No.
thing in the shape Of leather is allowed to
90 to waste in that institution. Even the
shavings from the sole leather have their
use, and from them the pancakes are made.
These shavings are placed upon table be-
fore the operatives, who separate and care
fully spread them out within a small cast
ing with paste, in layers, like raisins in a
box first leather, then paste, and the
whole patted down compactly. When a
cake is completed, it is about one foot in
length, four inches wide, and half an inch
in thickness. They are then laid away to
dry, and in three or four days are ready for
use, which is to be cut up into inner heel
lifts. Their manufacture is not a very
pleasant job, as the girls who make them
are up to their elbows in paste. When the
factory first started, this work was given tv
Alma House at four cents per cake. She
became so expert that she could easily make
100 per day. Beingan enterprising woman,
and seeing money ahead, she closed con-
tract with the proprietors for the sole man.
ufacture, at four cents apiece, and then
hired help. To-day she has an apartment
off the sale-room, and employs six women
who turn out from 300 to 400 day.