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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-02-06
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-02-06

The Mississippi carries annually TO the
sea sl9 500 GOO, 600 pounds Of mud Ali
the habitable land OF the globe is being
continually ground Rnd washed away
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-02-06

The use of alligator leather has be-
come SO general that it causes the
slaughter eveFy year, Of 8, QQQi 00Q pigs
--PNR's S1m.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
A Few Words to the Boys.

Boys, let drink alone. When you 90
to menagerie you do not walk into the
tigers den, do you, and invite the in
mate to make meal of you? Yet, when
you tamper with whisky you are just as
foolish as if you should voluntarily put
yourself within range of the trick mule
A young man seems to think that he is
somebody after all when he can drink
with the rest of them; and he mistakes
that sense of fullness produced by beer
for true satisfaction and contentment,
but he is not quite as well contented
when he arises next morning and the
sense of fullness has moved up into his
head. When a young man comes out
of saloon with his hat thrust carelessly
back over his bangs. and cigar that
cost him money that he should have
expended in having button or so sewed
upon his coat, he thinks he is one of the
boys; and SO he is, he is one of those
boys who, when they are of middle age
and ought to have families, have moth
ing but debts and a shattered constitu-
ton. When they are going about with
their cuffs frayed out at the edges and
looking as p0sSe as a last years
almanac they will review their past life
with regret, and the fact that they have
been considered zone of the boys'' will
not bring the faintest passing flush of
pleasurable recollection. NewSboyS'
AppedJ.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Abnormal Appetites.

While the normal appetite naturally
| indicates the amount Of food demanded
to repair the waste caused by the ordi-
nary exercise, with the kinds especially
| demanded to meet present necessities,
this appetite may be so nodded, by I'M
natural habitS, as to become wholly I'M
reliable. 1t is creature of accident,
and may be made or unmade at will.
| changing to the extent of our changes
of habits. Any article, however dis
tasteful, even disgusting to the natural
taste, by a systematic and continued
course, may be made to become the
most agreeable to the taste (vitiated, of
coursel of any known substance. If
one may so far reverse nature, so far
violate physical law, so reVolutionize
the taste as to relish tobacco, any known
article may be tolerated and enjoyed!
And here, it may be remarked, that the
more repulsive any article may be, the
greater the effort required to establish
habit, the more the system is violated
in the formation of such habit, the
stronger that habit will become, making
its victim slave!
1t is as true that the qualification of
such morbid appetites, demanding UNI
usual violence to nature, the less will be
the real pleasure of such qualifications,
as nature always institutes 'draw-
back on all infringements of her laws.
1t follows, therefore, that the use of the
simple foods, rich in natural nourish-
ment, with normal appetite, will
afford the greatest amount of pleasure
to the taste, in accordance with gen
eral law in morals, that it is always
safe and profitable to do right. Golden
Rule.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29

won't come; if / have to do it three hun1
bred times I mean to have it. So
there!"
Bother take the old example, any
how?' said Harry, in his crossest tone.i
''Come on boys; we can't lose all thefun
waiting till midnight for him. and
away every boy went.
'Nine times four are thirty-four, said
Willie, patiently; and though, of course,
it was not right, and never will be, he
worked away just as steadily; and when
he found that he was wrong, again, he
said, talking to himself: "Now, look
here! You think you are going TO beat
me, don't you? Well, you were never
more mistaken in your life. Ny name
is Persevere Wilson. Father said l had
earned that name, and that / should
have it as long as deserved it; and I
hope you don't think am going to lose
my name and my place in the class just
to please you"
Then he began again. slowly, patient
", each figure carefully studied, and at
last the example proved ITSELF" and
Willie, with a soft hurrah and a loud
yawn. got up from his corner. The
last glimmer of twilight was fading. No
use to talk of ball-playing now; fun was
over for that evening.
II don care, > said Willie, as he went
up to bed; sit win be more fun for mo
than for the others when the roll of ex-
amples is called tomorrow
Sure enough! master Willie" said
Prof. Bennett, looking up over his spec
tacles, "you are the only member of
the class to be marked Perfect to-
day. There was more. ball-playing than
perseverance by the rest of the class, l
fear. - Young Reaper.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Let 1t Alone.

What had young man better do
about the drink question? He had bet
ter never taste nor touch it so long as
the world stands. He had better talk
against it, vote against it. and cause his
example and influence to be all against
it. He had better not be wavering but
settled, have his mind made up and be
ready to resist every TEN ptation, and so
not get into the mire on that subject. A
few glasses seals mans life on that
question, few bouts with drinking
companions changes ones whole infu-
ence from positive to negative, without
his intending it. It is better to be fixed
on solid foundations from the begin
ming. Why? What are the strong
reasonsP Because it is an expensive
habit. 1t eats up time and clothes and
good books. 1t swallows farms and fac
tories and whole business houses. Say
ing the least, it puts a great deal of
money to the lowest and poorest use
and robs one of better things.
1t is destroyer of health, as well as
a master of time. 1t takes away the
elastic step and fine manhood, and
brings a man down, as viper fastening
on the breast of an eagle takes him
out of the sky, and at length he falls
wounded and dead. 1t leads into bad
company. 1t will never fail to find its
own kind of railers and accusers and
swearers. 1t degrades good name and
blights fair life, taking away hope
and courage. 1t disfgures and defles
the man. An old soaker is a hideous
sight, but he was a comely and clean
young man once. A sot is wen on
the neck of society, scab on the body
polite, but he was beautiful young
man to start with. C. L. GoodeU, IN st.
Louis National Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Advice About POst-Setting.

One of the things that no one has
found out yet is why of two fence posts
split from the same cut and set in the
ground ten feet from each other one
will be rotted in ten years or less and
another will be good for twenty years
The age of the moon was the same; both
posts were set butt down; both, of course,
were cut at the same time of the year,
both were of the same kind of timber,
and the soil could not differ very much
in ten feet as to moisture and porosity
No doubt there is a difference in timber;
the grain differs; the effect of the sun
upon the south side and the absence of
it on the north side has something to do
with it. But it is something that is in
fluenced by so many circumstances that
it is useless to try to make a general
rule. The advice given, to cut timb. !:
while the axe is sharp and the time con-
venient; to set the posts as soon as one
is ready, and to use oak or chestnut as
may be desirable-for the fence will
need resetting soon enough any way
seems to be as sound as anything that
has been said upon the subjeat N Y
Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Farming Does Pay.


Next to money, there is nothing like
saving time. Since first followed the
pillow when q boy (for fish worms) /
have always made it my object to make
the most out of every minute, and
can assure you that my style of farming
has paid, from the fact that at my
present time of life there are not more
than one or two mortgages on my farm,
and they could easily be removed by
the money. In agricultural economy
there is nothing like doing two things
at once, and my most distant relatives
and friends say that am a humane,
easy farmer, and / lay claim to being
industrious. Now you know every
farmer loses a great deal of time just
in grinding his axes and knives. I have
changed all this. BY a slight contri-
vance on the other side of the grind
stone, / have attached a self-feeding
straw-cutter; so when the boy turns the
grind -stone, the straw-cutter goes at the
same rate, and thus two objects are ac-
complished at the same time-if the
boy does growl, and growing doesn't
make it any easier, goodness knows. I
can't see how it could.
In seeding time one of my boys goes
into the field and scatters the grain
broadcast with ease. At the same time
he pulls behind him a light harrow of
my own construction, and the seed is
borrowed in. Thus you readily see
the expense of drill and several horses
saved. am trying to study out plan
for attaching clod-roller behind the
harrow to save the boy the time and
the trouble of going over the field the Sec
'ond time, atwhich he might growl. Hoe
ing corn and potatoes is slow work; so
furnish my boys with handles
that have two hoes on them, and of
course they do double the work that
one does, as you will allow, and in har-
vest my cradles have a back blade as
well as front one, so they cut back
ward as well as forward; and as the
old wood-saw only cuts as it goes down
through stick, l have had one made
for my boys that also cuts coming back,
and thus it saves half the time. When
''agents" of any kind call on me, or
even my neighbors, I invite them to the
barn and get them to help me husk
corn, while / listen to their talk; and
you see | get good deal Of work done
while I am getting a good deal of val
liable information, and nobody loses
any time-but them. w. EelqaU, IN
american Ag75culturist.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
A Few Words to Young Men.

Ambition is very good thing to have
if you don't have too much of it. 1t is
like quinine in small doses; if too
much is taken it is apt to have bad
effect upon the head. Ambition is
difficult thing to define; cruelty, selfish
ness and false pride are its first cousins.
Ambition, in Unbalanced natures,
makes them cruel; the possessor will
step to the prize over the quivering
bodies of his competitors-physically
speaking, in by-gone ages; figuratively,
in this nineteenth century-without
qualm of regret, except that the guer-
don is not greater than it is, and with
out compassion for those who have
fallen in the struggles. OF selfishness
there are many kinds; the common.
everyday, won t-give-up-my-seat kind
of selhshness, and the other kind-the
rendering of small favors in expectation
of return at usury-this is the pure,
double distilled, ttled-and-corked-
with-a-glass-stopper kind. OF false
pride there is only one kind-but that
is the meanest kind manufactured.
False pride will tell a young man to
steal rather than to beg; TO lie concern
ing his prospects rather than tell his
friends he has been unwise and is in
straits. The young man who arrives in
city without any friends, registers at
the best hotel, and has his mail from
home addressed there, taking his board
out of his prospects for getting work,
will be very likely to get himself into
the papers as hotel beat, and be
obliged to have his letters addressed to
the jail. The young man who starts
out in life with the idea that in few
years he will own the whole earth and
few acres of the next field, may have
to come round at the last minute and
beg for so much as seat on the
fence. snake haste slowly" is wise
proyerb; its wisdom is proved by the
test of experience. Rome was not
built in day, nor even great many
towns of lesser importance in history.
The only thing that ever was built in a
day is young mans air-castle, and we
all know of its durability. Neaosboqs'
ADDeGL,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Poultry pays well if managed
rightly; but it is better for the novice to
make profit secondary pursuit, for in
that way he viii combine pleasure
and profit, without mourning many
risks and disappointments. Ci'scin fsGti
Times.
"A correspondent of the Chatham.
| On. ~ Courier says he finds sawdust
"a most powerful absorbent. A load
of it costing forty cents, mixed with
road dust, will bed as much stock as half
ton of straw, which may be five dol
lars at the mill.
Tooth Powder: Take one-half
ounce of powdered chalk. one-half ounce
of cream of tartar, one drachm of
powdered myrrh, one drachm of orris
root, and two drachms of powdered
bark. Mix all together and bottle i,
keeping it closed.-N Y. Times.
"A piece of pork left sticking out of
the brine, or swimming around on top
of the brine, will soon rust and faint
the whole lot. Keep the piece that you
are using from, and other pieces that
may be 1ocsened, under the brine by
weighing with fiat stone. Exchange.
Prof. A. Nantier has been trying the
effect of various manures upon potatoes,
beets and maize. Superphosphate and
precipitated phosphate were most eff
cacious in increasing the yield of pota-
toes. Precipitated phosphate proved in
every respect more beneficial than the
superphosphate with beets. The best
crops of maize were raised from land
treated with the manure of the farm
yard.-N. r Examiner.
Babies not only enjoy but they need
some variety in food many a sickly
looking child of less than two years
might be benefited greatly if care were
bestowed upon his diet. Bread and
milk and potato are not sufficient for
him; wet toast, buttered, and broth, with
plenty of salt but no pepper, will be
nourishing and appetizing. Add barley
to it, or rice. Beef tea, diluted little,
is also excellent. Wheat bread alone
should not be given, but Graham or In
dian or corn bread also.-N. 7. Post.
The first consideration, says Henry
Stewart, for the farmer should be to
make his animals comfortable. As he
knows how grateful on cold morning
a cup of hot coffee is to him, let him
provide warm bran slop for his COWS,
and follow it up with generous feed of
cut hay and meal. The result will be
seen in the full milk pail and the thick
cream from the COWS and the continuous
and healthful growth Of the calves.
This comfortable lodging and generous
feeding is the key to successful winter
dairying, and when butter is thirty-five
or forty cents pound it will pay to give
the COWS the best of care.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
The Horse.

/ study my horse, and my orse stud
les me. If / am a coward, he is one; if
am lazy, he is lazy; if / am impatient,
he is impetuous; if | ami
lost in thought, how dreamily he pur-
sues his way! But a cat is cat the
world over, let the mistress be what she
may. A dog is dog, in season and
out of season, whether he follows beg
gar or prince. A sheep is a sheep; and
no circumstances can modify his sheep
ishness. A COW is COW, no matter where
the pasture, or who the milkmaid-the
same senseless, broad-faced s.panicky''
beast, the same INDECENT machine, the
same placid lump of awkwardness, the
same matter-of-fact agricultural fixture.
Hence have always imagined I could
read in the conduct of the horse GER
tain measure of the character of the
owner, as you can see the man in the
empty hat which sits upon the table,
you cannot tell why. When | was boy,
used to estimate the condition of my
neighbors by the looks and conduct of
their horses. When / saw a venerable
pair seated in a rickety wagon drawn
by a low-headed, ewe-pecked, ring
boned mare, by jerks along the road,
/ always pictured to myself the estab-
lishment from which that venerable pair
came out. When saw the village doc
tor jogging along with rusty harness
and dilapidated vehicle, and melancholy
horse, | drew my own inference, and in
stituted comparison at once between
this man and his rival, who, without os-
tentation, kept his equipage in order,
and drove well the horse which he had
selected well. Upon the box of mar
ket wagon, drawn by well matched,
even working pair Of solid bays, I al
ways found seated contented and
thriving farmer. The minister of my
native town, large hearted, kindly,
sympathizing pastor, and a sensible
preacher of the Gospel of Christ, al
ways drove an elegant horse, and drove
him well; SO that in his two-wheeled
chaise at least, or when mounted erect
in the saddle, the people respected him,
and did not forget their respect when he
had dismounted. And never shall I
forget the chagrin and dismay, and
dismal doubts, y which filled my mind
as | found myself and my beloved Jeru-
sha, now my wife, seated in her fathers
chaise, behind her fathers ancient steea
(both borrowed by me for the occasion)
and subjected to the sly jibes of thy
smart equipages on that memorials
drive to the seaside. / pitied Jerusha;
and Jerusha pitied me. But, fortunately
for us both, that horse was the only
fault she or her family had. DR. Lorang,
IN the ''Pe7Ject Horse"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Perseverance.

"Eignt times three!" said Willie VIII
son. impatiently. ''Oh, what is the
matter with meP Can't [ get that
rightP"
.'Come on, Willie!' shouted the boys
at the window; 1--WE can't wait; finish
your lesson afterward."
80, yes" said Willie. 'Afterwardp
know all about him; he has cheated me
many time, and l have no faith in
him. Nine times four are thirty-six."
Bother nine times four It is time
we were off, and we shall have to go
without you.
Il should like to bother it, said
Willie; sit is giving me bother enough.
How much is it. anyhow"
zone hundred and seventy mine. Now
come on this minute, or we shall go
without YOU"
.sLook here, Harry JONES'" said
Willie, looking up minute from
his work: "tllis is the last ex-
ample in our lesson. I've got all the
others, and 1 know [ shan't have any
more time for arithmetic, and l don't
mean to stir from this corner till I get
this bothering old fellow right. I've
gone over him three times now, and It
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
The Use and Abuse of the Rubber Coat.

The season has set in for wearing
mackintoshes, says the Lancet. A eau
ton may be therefore not unnece ssary,
and let us hope, not unheeded, as to the
use and abuse of this serViceable. but,
when improperly employed, dangerous,
article of clothing. When once a
macintosh is put on to defend the body
from wet, it should on no account be
taken off until the wearer has not only
taken shelter, but is in a position to
change his clothes, What a covering
of oiled skin does for wet rag in the
surgery-viz.: convert it into a poultice
the macintosh does for the clothes
of its wearer. The insensible perspira-
ton which finds a way of escape
through ordinary clothing is kept in by
the waterproof, and the clothes are
saturated with moisture. A very few
minutes will suffice to render the un-
der-clothing ''damp" under mackin-
tosh, particularly if either the wearer
perspires freely, or the weather be
what is called 'muggy'' as well as wet.
When, therefore, the wearer of
macintosh takes off that article of
clothing because it has ceased to rain,
he is in the position of person who has
damp Clothes on. and if he sits in this
saddle. or walks home, or rides in an
open trap, he is more likely to take cold
than if he had not used the macintosh
at all. If therefore, we say, a mackin-
tosh is once put on it should on no ac-
count be removed until the clothes can
be changed or dried by fire without
reduction of bodily temperature. The
use of a macintosh is to protect a man
from severe storm of rain. His
clothes must be damp if he wears one of
these protectors. The sole gain from
using il is to render the moisture warm
instead of cold, and to prevent loss of
heat by evaporation. If the macintosh
be removed evaporation commences i'm
mediately with all the consequent risks
of that process
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-29
Temperance Items.

DR.. HOWE, of Massachusetts, says
that half the idiots of England come
from drunken parents.
THE Sydney Herald attributes 1900
of the 81 900 convictions in New South
Wales in 1882 to intemperance caused
by the dram-shop.
A TEMPERANCE party has been
formed in the British Parliament. At
recent conference of fifty-fYe mem
bers, they appointed committee to
keep watch upon all proposals which
promise in any way to effect the liquor
traffic.
We are continually making excuses
about the Inheritance of vices. When
is the time to fright about face" if
not the golden now? If one has a
weedy garden, mourning over the I'M
regenerate mother earth won't mend
the matter. We must out with the
weeds Esther z. Hoassh
In all the restaurants on the Grand
Trunk Railway the sale of intoxicants
is prohibited, and men who use liquor
as a beverage can not get employment
on the road. Yet we do not find that
whisky advocates refuse to travel over
the road, or feel less safe on account OF
the personal liberty of the employees
being restrained. Richmond Rodtdtor.
Our boys and girls must be taught
that alcohol lessons the brain power,
weakens the muscular strength, dwarfs
the growth, infames the baser passions,
blunts the sensibilities, debases the feel
ings and weakens the will Possessing
this knowledge our children viii grow
up pure from the dangerous habit, and
viii bring into mature life imprisoned
bodies and brains with which to meet
the problems of their existence. They
will know how to resist this evil Of
drink when it confronts them, and will
be able to legislate concerning it witt
intelligence and power, Hannah Whit
hall SnaiH