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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
A Wheat Report From Authoritative
Sources.


Sources.
On Feb. the senate passed a resolution
asking the secretary OF state to report to
the senate the information at his COM
mand in relation to commerce between the
United State and foreign countries in
cereals. Mr.. Bayard, in replying, says:
The conclusions to be drawn from the
statistics collected by our consuls are:
First-The area under wheat culture in
European countries, Russia excepted, is
stationary, and while low prices prevail,
will probably retain it's present limits, and
may even decline.
Second-Europe, Russia excepted, re-
quires on an average about ia, 900, 900
bushels OF foreign wheat for the needs GIFTS
population, and these needs become great
er each year.
Third-Russia and India are active COM
pc titors of the United States only under
favorable C onditions, and even supposing
them to be capable OF greatly increasing
their exports, the situation is not calcu-
lated to develope further capacities.
Fourth-The South American countries
promise to become the most dangerous
competitors that the United States will
meet in the wheat markets of the world,
but in their present undeveloped condition
they assert only moderate influence on
those markets.
Fifth-While these new countries possess
a. great; extent of TERRITORY now ,,noccun;ed
Int capable of heinu devoted to wheat cul-
tnre at = cost that r. little more than nom.
inal there will no an a bundant sunnlv of
wheat for TN. worlds needs and with inv.
orabIe harvests nrices win remain low.
xth~Host;Ie tariffs az OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
countries have nracticallv made Great
Rr;ta;r tha ono marker for wheat and have
resulted in nr;ce. lower than have ruled for
more than a centmrv in q market which
controls the world
Seventb-The n Anences tendino to main.
which would, Il acting alone, result IN high
er prices.
Inc popuiatlon OF european countries Is
constantly increasing, wniie last year tne
wnoie crop leil on: Inc nome supply q
wnea5 IN EUROPE Is pecomlns less ape 20
mee1 nome ue.anos' anu con.lnua Wy, m y.
creaslng q.An1.ty u loreagn ~n n,a WI. VIZ! ~
neeueu 70 lseu i.s Popu,Acion. L4e seas'ls-
Tics snow !nat taxing me lasc Ten years as
the Dasls ior an apegage, EUROPE, eAceP'
nuss'a anu 49,, sho h nNan pro snnc d oon
soMe aoo ~ noo one "nea. slo~n UNI IT, IDous
a ! OF Iorsgn wheat ln,s ae.
nclency - sne I lna Asst so1u '.v ,d
Nnrth md acuth Amer;ca and with -
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
An Inference Only.

ibid I understand you to say tina.
Mr.. Fungus convcrsed altogether in the
dead languagesa''
Il said I had inferred rs much. =
From what, prayp"
'sHis breath. ~ Yosskers' Gazette.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS


The following abstract OF reports made
to the controller Of the currency shows tho
condition oil the national banks in the
state Of Minnesota at the close OF business
March /, 1886:
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Bare earth, bare trees; no bird on wing;
No prospect of q vernal Spring;
Our seasons change so, year by year;
Soon Winter'n rule twelve months, we fear
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Is there any animal that gives butter
milkP Yes; the goat.
A boarding house is often CAST
house. as the Germans have it, without
the t.
Massachusetts, has had remarkable blizzard,
For cultured bean stuck in old Boston's
gizzard,
Or, maybe, Joe Cook
Said his words from book,
That knocked the slate over from A unto
lizard.
Has anybody called temperance-lec-
turer water-spouta
Bare earth, bare trees; no bird on wing;
No prospect of q vernal Spring;
Our seasons change SO, year by year;
Soon Winter'il rule twelve months, we fear.
Why do dogs need muslin? To
make their pants. probably.
zone of the finestn he is, he thinks.
As he pilots the ladies across the street;
He stands in with Carter you see he drinks;
Chicago borns-well, look at his feet!
Aldermen and alders are found, most
frequently, in low places.
We ask Thy help to break
towards, when we should be more brave,
We pray Thy strength divine to save
Help us! for Christ's dear sake!-L. N. C.
Germany's funny paper is the Klad-
deraddtsch. 1t has funny name, st all
events.
How sweet is Spring
At least, it was in years agOne,
Who,, 1T boor f1<,h Nina srs3o cSu
at early dawn.
But NOWADAYS,
We have, alas! no Spring at all;
For everywhere ice meets one's gaze
It's always Full
tits said that the Waterbury Watch
company will commence winding up
their business, shortly.
babe In the house is well-spring Of pleas
So sang poet, who still survives.
The JOY one brings us, all who can measured
Yet sometimes they lead us terrible lives.
The remark is timely. that there are
from two to three hands on watch ev-
every hour, night and day.
Mary had little beau
Whose head was soft as soap;
And everywhere that Mary'd 60,
This fellow, too, would slope.
He followed her to church one day,
The deacon saw the lout
They said: No dogs allowed this way,
just turn thai puppy outr'
Cereal stories would better be sent to
the agricultural papers.
After the quarrel, yours and mine,
The sun will shine;
When the harsh words we each forget
The sun will set;
When perfect peace our hearts sweep DER
We tread Deaths ahore.
When freak of nature can get $500
week for exhibiting itself in ! dime
museum, isn't it about time for labor
ing-men, who only get s. for the same
period, to turn their attention to the
natterP- GoOdars DAILY SxM
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

How sweet Is Spring
At least, it was in years agone,
When one could hear the blue birds sing
at early dawn.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

zone of the finestn he is, he thinks,
As he pilots the ladies across the street;
He stands in with Carter" you see he drinks;
Chicago born !-well, look at his feeti
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

For cultured bean stuck in old Boston's
gizzard,
Or, maybe, Joe Cook
Said his words from book,
That knocked the slate over from A unto
lizard.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
SUNNYG GRAMS.

Is there any animal that gives butter
milk? Yes; the goat.
A boarding house is often CAST
house. as the Germans have it, without
the t.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Germany's funny paper is the Klad-
It has a funny name, st all
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

We ask Thy help to break
towards, when we should be more brave,
We pray Thy strength divine to save
Help us! for Christ's dear sake IL. N. C.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Aldermen and alders are found, most
in low places.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Why do dogs need muslin? T
make their pants, probably.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15
But NOWADAYS,

We have, alas! no Spring at all;
For everywhere ice meets ones gaze
It's ALWAYS Fail.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-04-15

Has anybody called temperance-lec-
turer water-spout?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

It is only twelve years since the dia-
mond fields Of Cape Colony were discov-
cred and the export now amounts TO more
than $l5, 900, 600 a year Diamond min
ing has become an established and pros
porous industry, with the local belief that
the supply will continue for at least
century. One of the good effects
of the discovery of the mines is the teach
ing of at least a million natives to work
for wages, which is considered at the
Cape great civilizing agency.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17
-. HEALTH HINTS.

Salt should be eaten with. nuts to aid
digestion.
Powdered rice, sprinkled upon lint
and applied 20 wounds will stop bleed
ing.
Hot, dry iannels applied 10 the face
and neck is very effective remedy for a
90 jumping tooth-ache.'
A London physician gives the follow
ing caution: - Be careful in your deal
ings with horseradish. 1t irritates the
stomach and an overdose will produce
an unpleasant sensation for days"
Tender feet may be hardened, it is
said, by rubbing common hard soap on
the inside of the socks once OF twice a
week. Perfect cleanliness and frequent
changing OF the stockings will improve
the condition of the feet in every respect.
If any person who is liable to poison
with poison ivy will take pure olive oil
after being exposed TO it he will feel no
bad effects, and the oil will neutralize the
evils of the poison if few doses be takes
even after the poison has broken out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17
Bible Statistics.

The books in the Old Testament, %.
The chapters of the Old Testament,
D29.
The verses in the Old Testament, %
241
The words in the Old Testament, 5es,
43O
The letters in the Old Testament, .,
723, 700.
The books in the New Testament, g.
The chapters in the New Testament,
26O.
The verses in the New Testament,
1856
The words in the New Testament, 1871,
253.
The letters in the New Testament sSs,
$50.
The Apocrypha. has chapters, 1873.
The Apocrypha has verses, 7,OSl.
The Apocrypha has words, 152, 1s5.
The middle chapter, and least in the
Bible, is Psalm cxviii
The word ''andn occurs in the Old Tes-
lament 35, 543 times.
The word jehovah occurs 1856
times
The word ''and' occurs in the New
Testament 10, ,6O4 times
The middle book of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle chapter of the Old Testa-
ment is Job 30
The middle verse of the Old Testament
ii. Chronicles, 1stchapter, 2jth verse.
The least verse of the Old Testament
l. Chronicles, lst chapter, 2jth verse.
The longest verse Of the Old Testament
is Esther, Sth chapter and 9Th verse.
The middle book Of the New Testament
is ThessalOnians.
The middle chapters Of the New Iesta-
ment are Romans IA and Is.
The middle verse in the New Testament
Is Acts~- 18th verse.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

The ''Coal Mines" is the name by which
hamlet and station in Portsmouth, r.
L., are known. Two mines that are said
to have been originally opened early in
the present century, and TO have been
worked spasmodically since, are situated
there. The product was cross between
slate and the ordinary anthracite with a
preponderence in favor of the former 1t
could not be burned in ordinary stoves,
though in war time, when anthracite was
bringing Sl4 a ton, Newport people to
some extent bought Road Island coal at
IS ton, and managed to burn it by mix
ing it half and half OF late years the
demand for it has fallen off, and a few
months since mining was suspended alto
gether, after penetrating TO the depth Of
1000 feet The mines are full of water,
and coal mining in Rhode Islands proba-
bly, ended forever.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

What is done cannot be undone, es-
pecially if it is hard-boiled egg.-PSc-
ayttne.
No effort should be spared to suppress
the smallpox. A single case of it is an
epidemic to the man who has it.-Syt-
iHgs.
Doing anything now, Billp ooh,
yes; I'm kept busy all the time" "Ahl
Glad to hear it. What are you doingi"
Looking for job"
The young man who imprinted re-
spectful kiss on the fair forehead OF his
best girl told his friend next day that he
had been having bangup time.
A friend of ours, absent on trip to
Washington, writes that he has been all
through the national capital and consid-
erable of his own.-LolceU Citizen.
Some people can ask awfully silly
questions. We are asked if a dogs tail
dragging through the snow makes
Vaughn track Binghamton Republican.
Colonel Frank James is having a royal
time in Missouri. At a recent county
fair, those citizens whom the Colonel
hadn't killed called on him and gave
him an ovation. Puck.
An English company has been organ
lied for putting telephones into sick
chambers Some of the instruments IN
this country need doctoring pretty badly.
-Burlingt0n Free Press.
Papa, what is savagel" GA saw
| age, my son, is man who occupies two
whole seats in a railway car, while some
poor woman with sick baby has TO
stand up Chicago Ledger.
Patrician hands so soft. so white
That drifting DER the keys
Awaken in the old spipnet
The tend'r melodies;
The pressure of those finger tips
do remember well,
But of the shake that last l got
Ill never, never tell
Rambler
The chief claim of a California town to
notoriety lies in its production of
twelve-pound sweet potato. We know
town much nearer home that has brought
forth several neutrality-suspicious.
beats.-Puek.
Some one has introduced a game Of
baseball with cards" but it will never
become popular. The umpire is never
killed in such game, and the players are
not carried off the field with broken
limbs -N0rristOloR Herald
THE REASON WHY.
Why dOst thou hide that lovely eye,
And shade its sunlight mellow
All, why not let its glances fly
Like those OF its sweet fellow!
Hast thou some fear Of unknown pain
To clasp thee on the mOrrowi
Or dost thou see on life's dark main
The wreck of some dead sorrowi
Oh, tell me, maiden, why, so shy,
Dost thou thus coyly pass onei
"Well, sir,n She said 4 hide my eye
Because it is a glass one"
Puck.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

"Carp," the Washington correspond
ent of the Cleveland Leader, says there
are six pairs of Dromios in Washington
this season. Congressman Reed has a
counterpart in the leading photographer
Of Washington. Two other Dromlos are
Congressman Wellborn, of Texas, and a
frowsy-headed fellow who writes cards
in the lobby of the house. The likeness
of Gay, the sugar millionaire of Louis
lana, to Senator Sherman is very striking
and Cleveland and Manning are some
times taken for one another. O'DonneI,
of Michigan, and Assistant Postmaster
General Stevenson have got mixed up
time and again, and an impecuniOus
Pennsylvania legislator looks exactly
like the angular Holman, of Indiana.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

Our consul at Breslau, Germany, has
made some interesting statements in his
report TO the department Of state relative
to the condition of German farm labor,
the perusal Of which might prove profit
able to many Of our young tillers of the
soil who are discontented with their lot
The laborer usually lives the year around
upon the estate where he is employed.
He can indulge in few Injuries, receiv-
ing, as he does, but $40 to $23. so in cash
for his years services. Beside this he is
allowed twenty-four bushels of rye, three
bushels of peas and one and a half
bushels of wheat, with free lodging and
fuel; and it is customary 10 grant his
family the use of 100 square rods of land
for raising vegetables. His Wffeis com
PEELED to work in the field, receiving from
twelve TO fourteen cents-a day in summer
and ten to twelve cents in winter. The
laborer gets but little meat, tea and to-
bacco, though occasionally INDUCES in a
pipe of manufactured leaf. He is en-
couraged 10 work in harvest time by being
treated to ''schnapps.' 1t has been esti-
mated that family consisting of a hus-
band and wife with five children can live
on 81 091 a week. When we consider in
connection with this the enforced military
service, there can be no wonder at the
great influx of Teutons into our country,
where the condition of the agricultural
classes, though not all that might be de-
sired. is far superior to any they could
hope 70 attain az home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

Ben; Perley Poore asserts in the Cult
rdtor that experimental stations are one
OF the latest agricultural crazes, and very
useful they are. It is stated that the
first one was organized about thirty five
years ago in Germany, in a rich agricul-
tural district, where a club of farmers
organized a club to solve certain prob
lens, for the solution of which by indi-
vidual experiment they had not the time.
They secured a farm, put competent
person-in charge, and there by co-opera-
tive committee work made their expert
ments. The improvement was so sue
cessful that other communities made
like move, and afterward the State took
it up. Now there are about 100 such
stations in Germany, and in Belgium
there are four. The English experimen
had different origin. The institution
came to America, however, from the
German origin Connecticut was the
first American State, North Carolina
next. Now there are quite number of
these stations in other States"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

The rubber industry of the United
States has no rival in foreign countries.
There is something like $75, 600, 600 in
vested in the business of manufacturing
rubber goods, $50, 900, 900 of which is
confined to the rubber boot and shoe in
dustry. The total number of employees
IS placed at Is, 600, and the total number
Of factories at 100 According TO a
recent census bulletin the value of the
annual product is $3.50, 600, 900. Some
80, 900 tons Of raw rubber are imported
every year, which when combined with
other materials in manufacturing, amount
10 500, 600 tons. The market price Of
the raw materials has been forced up to
$1.25 per pound, while six years ago the
price was scarcely fifty cents. In con-
sequence ofthe advance in price, several
substances have been prepared as substi-
.tutes for it, of which celluloid is the
most important.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

1t appears that one of the reasons for
the low price of quinine lies in the fact
that the cinchona trees are no longer de-
stroyed in the harvesting. The old plan
was to cut them down and strip off the
bark whom they were ten years old. Then
the idea was adopted of tearing off long
strips and filling the bare places with
moss. The present method is to scrape
off the outer layer of the bark, the part
richest in quinine, and this does not in
terfere with the growth of the tree. The
bark is scraped half round at one opera
tion, the other half being scraped six
months afterward. The process may be
repeated year after year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

Some of the private bills before Con-
gress, and which are doing so much
to delay legislation, are, to say the least,
unique; but one from Chicago caps the
climax 1t is to appropriate $50, 900 ''to
enable Chicago journalist to promul-
gate and propagate a system of phonetic
spelling" A wicked exchange suggests
that there might be some sense in bill
for appropriating that sum to enable
Chicago journalists to promulgate and
propagate more truth in the old style of
smelling.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17
TIOBESTA, Pa, WEDNESDAY, MARCH H. 1886.

--she-why, positively, I never felt so
old, so blase, before. The man is fortu-
nate who wins that exquisite creature
but she will be Julia in the opera Of my
rising young genius-Ramon Del Camp.
You know HIM Mop Then the con-
versation branched off from Mary Perci-
val to the Spaniard, whose music was TO
set all the world wondering little later
in the year.
Still, when Major Browning rose to
retire for the night, Colonel Forester re-
turned once more to the charge. 'Iark
my words, you will fail yet
''Faill You should have seen her face
as l pictured her glorious future to her.
1t was an easy conquest. when has
love ever given way to ambitionP
you asked the other day A little
while, and you shall see that in
woman's heart is no love like the
lC-e of fame. The applause Of kings
against the tame commonplace of hus-
bands affection! Nonsense, Guy, you
are behind your age Fred Browning
late of the-the, old Grey, with a glitter
ing bait can give the odds to handsome
Alfred Temple. Still, will be generous;
he shall have a complimentary ticket
during the season."
Most kind, most noblel But we shall
see what we shall see"
(Which will be Miss Percival as Julia,
the new prima donna with the face of an
angel and the voice of the bird 1 heard
this morning. Give up, indeedw The
gallent majors face Of disgust was study
as he left the room.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

The real wealth at present ot Alaska
rests in the abundance of fur-skinned
animals. 1t was for the fur trade that
the Russians occupied the country after
it had been discovered by Behring, and
it was mainly for the fur trade that the
Americans acquired it from Russia. The
extent of the trade has proved greater
than was expected at the time Of the
transfer. The shipments of sea otter and
fur sealskins alone have emorethan doubled
since 1867, and now average annually
about $500, 900 IN value. OF land furs,
as they are called, the list is long one,
and in the order of Wilderness or distribu-
ton may be thus given: Land-otter,
beaver, brown bear, black bear, red fox,
silver fox. blue and white fox, mink,
marten, polar bear, lynx and muskrat.
Rabbits. marmots and wolverines are also
common, but the skins are retained by
the natives. The annual value of the
furs, sea and land, now obtained from
Alaska is estimated to average about q
million sterling, and there is no sign of
decrease in the yield, On the contrary
the competition of the traders for skins
has stimulated the natives TO greater in
dustry in hunting; while the prices now
paid TO the hunters are from four to ten
times more than were current during the
Russian rule.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

An exchange thinks g we are troubled
in this country by having too many years.
The calendar or civil year commences
the 1st day of January. The presidential
year begins the 4th Of March. The COM
mencement Of the landlords and tenants
year in the country is the first day of the
same month. The beginning of the land
lords and tenants year in the city, how
ever, is the 1st day of May. The 4th
day of July is the first day Of our national
year. The religious year of the Episco-
palians commences with Easter; that of
the Methodists with the meeting of the
church conference. The congressional
year commences the first Monday of De
cember, but the fiscal year does not begin
till the 1st day of July. The school year
commences the first Monday in Septem-
ber. In many parts of the country the
hired mans year commences the 1st day
of April. The sportman's year in many
of the States begins the 1st day of Au-
gust. 1t is unfortunate that we have SO
many years, and an effort should be made
TO abolish some of them. There appears
to be no good reason why the year for
every class of officials should not com.
mence at the same time"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17
THE EVENING HOUR

lis time to draw the curtains
And light the evening lamp,
And put fresh fuel in the CRATE
The night is chill and damp.
Tis time 70 find the slippers,
And leave them over there,
In the cozy freight corner,
Beside ths easy chair.
TTis time to put the kettle on
And draw the table out,
To make the toast and steep the tea
do hear that baby shoutD
For all he's only nine months old,
He knows a thing or two;
Do see him laugh and clap his hands,
He's playing peek-a-booi
He knows tis time to listen
To a step upon the floor;
He knows It's time to welcome
A face within the door.
For all the noisy time of times,
When frolic leads the van,
Commend me to the evening time,
And papais little man.
Mrs. Sarah Dew. GamCeU in Coco
Housekeeping.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-03-17

The grounds attached to the palace of
the mikado of Japan comprise twenty
six acres. The gateways to the inclosure
are magnificent specimens of architecture,
the roof-timbers, gables and caves dec
GRATED with gold chrysanthemums and
much carved and gilded wood. One
gate on each side is set apart for the
mikado, and they are never opened for
any lesser parsonage.