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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
War ON the Sparrow.

War has again been declared against
the English sparrow. The hardy and
aggressive birds enemies are modifying
with the determination to make more
vigorous attack upon him than he ever
before experienced. The leaders in the
movement are ornithologists and sports
men. They have prepared circular
petition, that has been widely dis
tributed and extensively signed, asking
that some concerted action be taken to
exterminate the foreigner" )" The bird
is spoken of as an "intolerable pest, :"
and, beside being put down as general
nuisance, he is charged with ruthlessly
numbering OF driving away our own
sweet-voiced songsters." The petitions
are TO be sent to the Ornithological
union of New York, and the society will
take some action regarding them.
81 think the sparrow is a nuisance, "
said sportsman who is taking part in
the movement, yesterday. g He is an
ugly little thing, with a voice like the
sound made by door swinging on rusty
hinges. His habits are very disagree
able, and he is the most avaricious and
bellicose creature in the whole bird
world. lie nghts ike professional
pugilist, and there is not a nice, quiet,
genteel bird that can stand up against
him. A whole brood of 'em have taken
possession of an ivy-vine that covers one
of the walls of my house. They bull
dozed all the other birds that used to
come there 80 much that they have the
whole vine to themselves now. They
make such noise that l can hardly
sleep after daylight. The only way
can begin to get square is by popping
over dozen or two of them before
breakfast every other morning. The
sport amuses me, but it doesn't seem to
make any diminution in the number of
the birds. There must be millions of
'em. But Pm agin 'em all the same
Pm agin 'em to the death.
The caretakers of several public
squares said that the sparrows have
taken almost entire possession of the
trees and shrubs in the urban parks, and
if any other bird strays in he is pretty
sure to be set upon by the brown
feathered " "toughs" and beaten off,
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
A Farmers Private Railroad Station

ave made singular disc overy the
other day." remarked an official of
road running into Chicago. About
three miles beyond certain station on
our line there is farm house by the
side of the track. Just beyond the
farm house is little creek, over which
there is small bridge. About four
years ago some repairs were made to that
little bridge, and, of course, the bridge
gang had put up signboard Run
Slow on either side during the day or so
the bridge was weakened. When they
had finished their work, they went off
and forgot the signs. The fact is, the
boards had disappeared, and they didn't
take the trouble to hunt them up.
"Some weeks afterward, no one knows
Just when, those signs reappeared in their
former places. Nobody knew who put
them there or what for. Nobody cared.
they thought the bridge men had done it.
1t was none of the engineers business
why they were there-it was their duty
to observe regulations, which required
them to slow down at all such signs.
Observe regulations they did. For about
| four years not train had passed over
| that little Drldge without slowing al
most to a standstill. The culvert, for
that's all it is, has been rs safe as any
part of the roadbed, and yet stopping
and starting trains there has cost this com-
pany thousands of dollars You know,
it costs money to stop and start trains.
"You are wondering how it all comes
about, of course. Well, that farmer
stole those boards and put them up
again at his leisure. For four years he
has been going into the town or coming
from it on our trains, getting on or off right
at his own door. 1t was slick scheme,
and how he must have laughed at us and
enjoyed it all the while. But his game
is up now, and the engineers are having
their revenge by keeping up an internal
screeching of their whistles at all hours
of the day or night whenever they pass
that farm house. y Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

with a wooden handle and turn up the
sides of the brim little at a time till
they get it to the required shape. One
Of these men frequently makes as much
as $75 per week, and one week he made
$110. After the hats have passed through
the curriers' hands they go to the trim
mers, who are all girls. These put on
the silk binding and the sweat bands and
sew in the lining, and the hats are then
taken away to the packing room, where
each hat is carefully nested in a com
partment of the wooden box in which it
is to travel to its destination. Such is
the method of making stiff felt hats.
The soft felt articles are turned out in
much the same way save that the stiffen-
ing is omitted and the brim is fianged
over an iron block.
To make the silk stovepipe hats a
large square of muslin is dipped in shell
lac, wrung out and then stretched over
a wooden frame to dry. After drying it
is cut up into sizes and shapes suitable
for the various parts of the hat Some
pieces are cut on the bias for the crowns
of hats, others are stiffened particularly
| for the brims, while the muslin for the
/ CCubIdl CllAuuGIS, MlllCh dlC W DC bhO
sides, is cut out in oblong squares. The
material for dozen of these hats is then
given to workman, who draws the
frame of the hat together around block
and fastens it by means of hot iron.
The shell of the hat, as it is called, is
then vanished and dried, making it stiff,
and then the silk plush is put on, man
ironing it to the shelac covered shell and
sponging it with water at every stroke of
the iron. Girls sew in the crown and
the brim after the sides of the shell have
been fastened, and then the seams are
gone over with hot iron, which con-
ceals all traces of them. The brim is
then curled as in the case of the felt ar
ticle, and the hat then goes away to the
luering machine, where the polish brushes,
revolving rapidly, give it high polish.
From the luering machine it goes to the
hands of girl who trims it and puts in
the lining.
Opera hats are made of steel spring:
imported from France and covered here
with either merino or black satin
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
Curious Land Sinks.

Those curious depressions of the soil
known as sinks, Florida letter says
have attracted the attention of scientific
men and form one of the features OF
the country to visitors. Timid people
are afraid Of them, but do not see any
difference between them and the natural
depressions one meets with in all wooded
counties. Sometimes an acre will com
mence to sink toward the center and
year after year the depth increases until
it reaches its lowest point and stands
still. Some of these places are wonder
fully beautiful, being covered with a
luxuriant underground of bush vegeta-
tion, shaded by immense trees
garlanded with grapeyines and
jasmine, and charmingly draped
with the beautiful moss of this coun-
try, with perhaps at the base pool of
clear water. These bosky shades are
much frequented by cattle and they en-
hance by the attractions of life and motion
a picture that any artist might be pro6s
to add to his collection. Sometimes the
central part really does fall out of sight,
leaving hole whose depth may be i'm
agined, but out of such assures have
seen oak trees growing of large girth,
proving that they do not really SO
through to China.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
Unele Esek's Wisdom

There is no rule for beauty; this en-
ables every man to have a little better
looking wife than any of his neighbors.
/ don't expect to please everybody. |
don't know as 1 would If could, for 1
don't think anybody but fool could
do it.
The last thing a man doubts is his
judgment, when it ought to be the first
thing he is suspicious of.
When the devil turns moralist look
out for breakers; no one can tell where
he is going to hit next; he can't even
tell himself
The world is all agog just now; every
body wants to talk, and nobody wants
to listen-the fool-killer will be around
soon, and put stop to these things.
believe in moral suasion-as collat-
eral.
Ignorance is the principal ingredient
in bigotry-obstinacy and general Gus
sedness complete the job.
1t amt so much the Ignorance of man
kind that makes them ridiculous, as the
knowing so much that amt so.
Jokes weren't made to cast before
swine, any more than pearls were; and
the man who can make them shouldn't
throw them around too loose.
The man who can, in few words tel
all he knows, on any subject, at a min
ute's notice, is hard one to tangle.
1t is the brains of the devil that make
him terrible; a fool-devil is the lowest
order Of cranks - Century.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

The tall, gray soldier threw up his
great, heavy hand to his brow and looked
out under his broad palm to try aud see
which way to lead. Suddenly the hay
stacks blazed out before him, and the
whole scene was bright as day. The
Federals had been waiting for the Con-
federates to coIhe. And now rs they
stood there, huddled together and help
less as sheep, they found the haystscks
in their path of retreat, and stood there
behind them, before them, around them,
TO shoot them down in thehght tlIey had
kindled.
1t was matchless and magnificent
sight No scene so bright, no sunlight
brighterl 1t pleased the child, excited
and delighted it. What could it care
for the long line of cleaning guns b,Yeled
few rods away in the rear9 Whist did
it know OF the death hiding down in
every cleaning gun barrel OF thGst COM
pact mass of uniformed men just ibefore2
Nothing at ALL Its little heart le apt with
wonder delight at the beautiful u informs,
the discipline, the quick action n which
every gun was brought instantly to the
| shoulder. The bayonets were beautiful
the cleaning bayonets all in tlae bright
light.
The child seemed to think this part
OF the celebration, and in the tulness o!
its delight, just as the Federal officer
drew his sword and was giving the word
'Firc 70 the child, holding tight on to
the great grizzly head with its left hand,
and, as if to contribute its part to the
celebration, waved its little flag there in
the glare and light. And in tn at awful
stiffness which comes always be fore any
dreadful catastrophe, piped ont in it,
shrill, little voice. as 1t raised itself high
er for the occasion:
"Foff of July"
Put it upon record in gold and rec
that the Federal officer lowered the poin
of his sword. The heavy bEeeches of the
guns struck the stony ground witha thud
The line of blue divided, and the ole
gray Confederate, with his little chsrg
on his shoulder still waving the little flag
passed on through the line, while chee
after cheer shook the bullet-riddled leave
of the oaks overhead.
And this is the story of the old Con
federate soldier of the Shenandoah. wh
had missed the train on the line of Pre-
gress, down in old Virginia. --J0aQui
| lf;IIa,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
His First Case.

81 lost my first case to a miserable
little pettifogging lawyer named Johnny
Wood" said General Sharp, at Chicago.
81 was a graduate of Harvard Law
school, and had a good deal of conceit,
beside a perfectly good case. When
my senior warned me that l should have
to meet Johnny Wood, l laughed at
him. The suit was before a justice of
the peace. We made out our case, and
Woods client, the plaintiff, made out
none worth speaking of at all. When
Johnny Wood arose to speak he re-
hearsed the evidence impartially, and
then, taking up book read the law
such law as l had never heard of, but
which fitted his case to a nicely. When
he got through, ! said, Mr.. Wood, will
you allow me to see that statute, please2"
Certainly, sir, he replied, handing
me the book closed.
"'Ah, thank you; bnt what page 10 it
onP
what pager he cried, indignant.
Don't expect me to coach you, young
man. Find your own law-you.
found mine.
"Of course l couldn't find it, but
Johnny had the laugh, and the court
with him. and lost my case, according
to the law which that scoundrel Wood
had made out of his head just as he
spun it out"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
VALLEY AND PEAK.

The Valley said to the Peak,
"Oh, Peak, I fain would arise
And he great like you; would seek
Your remote and sacred skies,
Although lie 50 low
At your feet, aspire to share
The mysteries that you know
In your cloud-roofed house Of air"
The Peak 20 the Valley said,
ooh, Valley, be content,
Since for you my veins have bled,
And for you my breath is spent.
Alone, for your sake, 1 live
In the cold and cloudy blue,
Great only by what l give
Out of unreached heavens to you"
Lucy L0rcon
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
RArEs oF ADvERrIsINo.

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Legal noSices at established rates
Marriage and death notices gratis
An bins for yearly advertisements eo.scteo q1t, y,
ter1y. Temporary Advertisements must Oe PA'e ~
advance.
Job work--cash on delivery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

At Regents park, London, about
80, OOG plants are given away yearly TO
poor applicants.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

The professor of anatomy at the Edin-
burgh university is paid $40, 600 a year
The heads of the departments of Latin
and mathematics receive $1,000 each.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26
SS FLAG.

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's'9a 40 the miust Oh tue ragSeu
.&ious lot;
.Rnnei LOOK here' sergeant
Rpt ulscipine OF death' DIS
say. 10 you want me 10
'tties ana win victories with
mop lke TINS ana inc enemy
waiting 10 recon- on US Ihe
we give MN cnance Dls,
say; hang your 9iacks, ano
"nitesi OF nave 9isciPi,ne
~ q second! ana tne lomg,
ana tne sleeping laus puileI
Hs toge.her ana trieo 70 lOoh
'ske soldiers, While the Olacks'
ges,ion OF theIr peing hung up
'.Pk ircm the ntlul emoers in.'
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weary Dearueu cniei tnreW
a heap Oh saoules az hsne
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men sprahg up, ha.l uoEel
estoless troopers lusIea loI o
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WIN generous aiacrl1y, an ear
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tinost en.iIeiy intact. OlhcIs aeal
Ple.iy wen gna"eu uoMn 20 VI
out they were All aiiAe oheIe
Pfompt generosity, y,s ~.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

1t is said that the Germans are TO the
Americans in Chicago as three to two.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-11-26

Is AKER.
who grnnnb.e,
NJ az you can"
ohgh life, but why make
.5iy croaker,
croak, croak,
Zlell funeral,
fn Joke;
coffin,
nail, no doubt;
miing visage
draws one out.
er, unhappy croaker,
EVOLVING vane,
ne weather,
wing TO rain;
fpps are ruined,
he iogs
bow the country
dogs
croaier
some day,
Heaven
Hen way;
s pavements
behold,
md mutter,
-they're-gold.
Detroit Free Press
The river press., 1884-05-07
Prices on Young Stock Advancing.

John Cotton, of Glendive, Mont, who
has Just returned from Iowa, where be
had been purchasing stock, says young
stock is getting quite scarce in the
Hawkeye state, owing to the extraordi-
nary demand for the Montana ranges,
and they are pondingly advancing
in value in the market. From the pres
ent outlook it is evident that while
there may be quite number Of beeves
shipped from Iowa to market this year,
there will be a great shortage III meat
shipments next season. Large lots OF
young cattle were shipped to Montana
last season, and fully as many more will
be this season, bringing the shortage in
the beef shipments over to next and en-
suing years. The advance in prices of
cattle on the Montana ranges in the last
two years has already been something
extraordinary. A year since $28 to $50
per head was considered fair market
price for cattle on the ranges in Mon
lana, but the present price is about $40,
as shown by the recent sale Of 1900
head at Miles City for $50, 900.
The river press., 1884-05-07
Range Rights.

aMontanacust in the Northwest Live
Stock Journal. says 1.-The matter of
range rights is one of growing import
ance. As the ranges everywhere are
rapidly being occupied. good location
will soon acquire the value of a fair sized
herd. A range right is in one sense
rather indeterminate property, because
anybody has the right Of placing his
stock upon Uncle Sans land. It ac-
quires its practical value from the fact
that only certain number of cattle can
occupy district without danger of an
annual loss that would bankrupt the
owners and the first claimants of a
range who have established many Of the
conditions that render the business pro
fitable thereon, viii, as a rule, not sub
nit tamely to the encroachments ofout-
cir arc - r. 5sstz sEstS
The river press., 1884-05-07

counted, which has not been the prac-
tice in this section heretofore. The
price paid has not been made public,
but we learn ''at second hand" that it is
in the very near neighborhood of $31 a
head. Considering that the calves are
counted this is perhaps equivalent to
$40 without counting the calves, as the
latter are numerous this year. The sale
will amount to something over 100000.
which is pretty nice cleanup.
Mr.. SWEET is a pioneer in the cattle
business in Montana and one whose
herd has grown to large proportions
from very small beginning. He is a
gentleman who is universally esteemed
by his neighbors and friends, and we
trust that this sale does not mean that
he is to say goodbye to Montana.
The river press., 1884-05-07
Cattle VS.. Horses.

We have often wondered why there
is such large number of bovine breed
ers and SO few of the equine, when the
object to be gained is the same in both
cases. If we reflect an instant it is quite
surprising that large majority of our
breeders raise exclusively cattle. True,
it does not require so large al amount
of capital to breed and raise cattle as
horses. and it is just as true that there
is more profit in breeding horses than
cattle. With tile same amount OF care
and at llo greater expense q three year
old colt can be raised rs easily as y
The river press., 1884-05-07
- <Exbp ;, %.x.----
A Live Stock Exchange.

There has been some talk among both
cattle men and sheep men of establish
ing live stock exchange in Fort Ben
ton for the advancement Of their COM
mon interests. Cattle and sheep are not
necessarily inimical, and the horse
stands in good fellowship towards both.
An exchange where breeders OF all
kinds of stock could meet at stated times
weekly or semi-monthly- af-
ford an opportunity to make general
and local adjustments, and would infuse
greater activity into the live stock busi-
ness of northern Montana by attracting
outside buyers for the yearly product,
as also for the herds and bands them
selves, for ranges and all manner of
ranch property.
The river press., 1884-05-07

tie last season; have kept men looking
after them, and there are fully one-third
of them dead already, and if this snow
lasts ten days longer there will not be
half Of them left alive I would say
this is no place for barnyard cattle.
They may do down south, but this is
the wrong place for that kind of stock.
A man starting into the cattle business
here had better pay $40 per head for ma
tive stock than to pay $40 for states cat
tie. Such is my experience ia the states
cattle put on the range here. Mine will
cost me over $50 per head before grass
grOWS.u s
The river press., 1884-05-07

three-year-old steer, and if the colt is
half Clyesdale it will bring $3.50. while
the steer, if he is half Shorthorn or
Hereford, will bring only $50 or 500, and
this is figuring him at export prices. La
some cases it is a matter Of taste, but
generally there is as many lovers of the
horse as the OK. The industry is on the
increase, but it will take years at the
present rate to become as wide spread
as that of the cattle raising. Those who
are now in it are rapidly amassing
fortunes, and those who enter the field
early are the ones who have the best
chance. AS ever, it is the early bird
that gets the worm.-IoWa Homestead.
The river press., 1884-05-07
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

EGGS for Matching from this famous
breed Of fowls for sale. price 500 per
IS. Leave your orders at Baker d De
L0T1mier'S. O. "A. PARSONS.
The river press., 1884-05-07
An Important Cattle Transfer.

Mr.. w. C. SWEET of Chestnut has sold
his herd of cattle on that range to z. W.
Price and T. G.. Baker q CO., OF this
city, the cattle to be delivered after the
roundup. The band numbers between
4, 900 and 4, 900 head. and al interesting
feature OF tile sale i, that the calves are
The river press., 1884-05-07
$50 REWARD.

Stolen, from Dry Wolf creek on Monday. Feb
ruary 4th, 1884, THREE HORSES, as below: One
light roam. eight years DID, branded P on right side
one dark iron-grey horse, 16 hands high, weighing
$50 pounds, branded ldim) on right shoulder, two
black spots on left shoulder caused by collar two
plain saddle marks on kidneys; light grey horse
weighing abont 1,o5O pounds, Is hands high branded
- (dim) on left hip. The above reward will be
paid ON their return to
VIM. BLANKINSHIP Stanford M n
The river press., 1884-05-07
$50 Reward.

Strayed or stolen From the ranch of the under.
signed. last fall, ten head OF horses and sucking
mule; But one mare among the ten head. They are
$50 will be given for information that viii lead to
their recovery. 3, SAMPLES. 4
FORT
The river press., 1884-05-07

These bucks consist of thoroughbred Merino and
cross between the thoroughbred Merino and the
thoroughbred hropshire Down. We iayite all per-
sons who are desrous OF purchasing bucks to look at
uars address or call on SMITH BROS
Martinsdale M n
The river press., 1884-05-07
TO WOOL GROWERS.

Parties intending to buy Merino Rams this fall are
invited to examine our stock of pure bred Campbell
Merinos brought ont from Vermont early this season.
We claim that they the most hardy race of pure
bred Mernos ever brought to Montana, and we are
prepared to show that as regards qraliy the wool of
the Campbell flock has never been surpassed in the
United States by any Spanish American sheep.
We refer to the following gentlemen or to any 9th
ers who have bought our Geo. D. Patterson,
Peck d Lacy, Hay Bros, Fort Benton; W. b. Edgar,
ger, Andersonville; Poole Bros, Stanford; William
Williams, Deer Lodge.
Correspondence solicited.
PARIS GIBSON & SON,
Fort Benton Montana
The river press., 1884-05-07
Immense Loss Of Cattle.

SALT LAKE, April 29.-Reports from
southern Utah say that over half the
cattle on the ranges died from starva-
tion and exposure because of such deep
SHOWS during the winter.