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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07


The Boston Congregdtionalist says: "a
few weeks ago we met a Boston clergyman
who gave us an interesting account of re
vival then in progress in his church. Among
the converts was drunkard, who, it was al
legged, had thoroughly reformed. knowing
him to be an inebriate of many years stand
ing, we aske1 what physiological helps would
be provided to aid him in maintaing his al
legiance to Christ, and in fulfilling his pur-
pose to live godly, righteous and sober life
Almost impatiently came the reply: None
whatever The grace of God in his heart Is
all the man needs.
"Herein we differ from our estimable
friend. Gods grace is the essential principle
in the process of spiritual regeneration, but
1t cannot act upon the diseased tissues of the
mans stomach. nor upon his alcoholized
brain cells He needs also a sufficient quau
tity of wholesome and nourishing food, ana
n requisite amount of oxygen In the air
which he breathes. To secure these ends,
some means must be devised to guard against
the bad cooking which Is one bane in the
poor mans home, and an inebriates home,
in most cases is an abode of poverty. In our
large cities this dwellng-place is apt to be a
tenement house, and here he suffers from n
disease which he forciby, but ineleganty,
terms 'tenement-house rot
LET any one mngle with the crowd OF la
borers who fill the streets of large cities at
an early hour in the morning, and he cannot
fail to notice their palli1 faces. ASK what Is
the matter and nine out of ten will confess
to a feeling of gonenesS' Asl. how many
slept in the room with him and what he had
for breakfast and in his replies it is easy to
find an explanation of his condition. This
unsatistied condition of the lungs for air OF
the stomach for food, of the brain for pure
blood, creates an unnatural thirst. Unless
this craving be met by stimulants, the man
feels unable to work, and thereby forfeits
his days wages Moreover the beer or
whisky which he takes into his system, &c
silence the cry of nature for her legitimate
supply of nourishment, is often wretchedly
poisonous adultey alton, ten times worse in lis
effect than pure liquor would be-
Now, as never before, are all good people
striving TO secure temperance legislation. II
all this effort let the need of other legislator
which bears an antecedent relation TO the
temperance question be kept in mind. Le
us insist upon laws for house sanitation ant
for pure foods, as well as for shutting up o
saloons. These are problems, not Tor th'
social scientists alone, but for every Chris
tan man and woman who is looking for, anc
earnestly desiring, the coming OF the day
| of God"
There is no doubt at all but that the Stat
could and ought, by judicious legislation
| do much TO promote improvement IN hous
sanitation, and to ensure greater purity o
! foods. As to aduiterated liquors, DR.. Will
| ard Parker used to say that nothing was usei
in adulteration more poisonous than the al
| cohol itself. The best thing for the poor
and for all TO do, is to abstain from intoKi
/ eating beverages altogether. National Tenn
! perdnce AdUocdte
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07

Mrs. SANDS. -"Oh, l know! 1t is
easy to say don't let them read such
trash, but how do you know just what
books to put in the hands of your girls
You certainly have no more time than !,
yet you always seem to know exactly the
right thing to do"
FRIENp.-"Well, Sarah, in this in
stance get my information from Demo
rests Monthly Mdgd<iAe. They are now
publishing some capital articles on the
subject of Reading for Girls and now
that you speak of it, will let You into a
little secret. You always say that n
so well up on the matters of the day, and
Ireally think | am; yet the fact Is,
only get time TO read my magazine, but
when / have finished it | know pretty
much what is going, as in Dsmorest'a they
do seem to cover the ground on all sub
iects that each member of my family is
interested in. Why, John is as anxious
each month for it to arrive a am. Why
don't you send to the office of pub
lication, 10 Fast lIth street, New
York, for specimen numberl ou will
certainly lose nothing. for each number
Of the magazine contains "iattcrn
Order" emitting the holder Greel to
any pattern she may select. That alone
will be worth 80 cents to you"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Docking Horses Tails.

Henry Bergh, the late President OF
the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, wrote as follows:
az regard the docking of horses tails
as one of the worst forms of cruelty, not
SO much on account of the pain inflicted
in cutting the tails off, though that
must be considerable-the tail being q
continuation of the vertebral column
but because the animal is thus deprived
of the only means he has of protecting
himself against insects. How would it
be if a mans arms were cut off short at
the shoulder, and he had no means of
brushing the flies from off his head or
his nose Would not the torture be
great A person suffering from such a
deprivation wonld realize the cruelty of
cutting oil horses tail.
1.-THE people who resort to this prac-
tice are simply aping fashion that has
come from England. They sometimes
use as an argument that the horses
tail gets over the Ines, and that
is annoying. If a horse has a fly
or an insect on his back, biting and
worrying him, he naturally swings his
tail around to rid himself of the aggra-
vation, and in so doing he will some
times get the tail over the lines; but
do not think little annoyance of that
kind is q sufficient excuse to inflict such
a suffering on the animal.
"This cutting of the horses tails is
one of those dictates of fashion that to
my mind is simply hideous, and l nm
sorry to say that it is done as much now
as formerly. The society is doing all it
can to prevent it. If we found any man
engaged in docking horses tails we would
cause his arrest, for we could proceed
against him for such an olfense as that.
A veterinary surgeon, however, who will
perform operations of that kind will GO
to a stable and without any previous no.
| tice will dock a horses tail, and OF
course we have no means of catching
him in the act of doing so; the work is
done in the seclusion of tho stable.
believe the operation itself hurts as bad
ly as the cutting off of a persons finger,
perhaps it hurts more, as the spinal mar
row extends to that portion of the verte-
bral column"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Farm and Garden Notes.

Use the whip very little.
Bees know nothing about line fences.
Those who prune long must soon
climb. ..-..
For cracked teats use old boiled lin
seed oil.
Plant your vines before you put up
trellises.
Vines, like old soldiers, should have
good arms.
Prune in autumn to insure growth,
but in spring to insure fruitfulness.
A frst-class farmer will provide some
sort of succulent food for his stock in
winter.
In selecting dairy cows, beware of
small eaters weakly built frames and
feshy animals.
Work is hard to drive, but if you will
put yourself ahead of it it will follow
without trouble.
The increase in fleece by late shear
ing is doubly lost in decrease in the
sheep and lamb.
Prune spurs TO one developed bud, fol-
the nearer the old wood the higher
favored the fruit.
Milk keeps from souring longer in {
| shallow pan than in a milk pitcher
Deep pans make an equal amount Of
cream.
The hog is not naturally a filthy AMI
NAL, and can no more thrive in filth than
can the steer, while pure air and water
are very necessary.
Grasses hold place in the first rank
of the crops of the stock and dairy farm
Beef or milk is most cheaply produced
where the main food of the animal il
grass.
There is just as much in knowing how
to feed hens are there is in the feed ms
of any other farm stock. This is tn,
next important item to look after as sooI
as good houses are provided.
A COW needs volume of water in he
body in proportion to the volume of mill
she gives. Hence if the water is so colo
that she will not drink it, the natural re
suit comes-shrinkage of the volume o
milk.
A crop may be had on water-soaket
land, but never tirst-rate one, for i
can not be got in early, and it is liable
to the drawbacks of delayed growth
mud in wet weather, clods in drouth
weeds at both times, and want of
chance for clean, mellow culture at al
times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Pasture ard Meadow Grasses.

For either pasture or meadow there
should be variety-the larger the
better. One objection to frequent seed
ing and rotation of crops IL the lack of
variety of grasses; yet, on some soils,
frequent plowing and reseeding seem to
be necessary. Old pastures and old
meadows are noted for their nutritious
grasses. This is due not to the fact of
their imparting extra nutriment to any
of the grasses, but to the greater variety
which they produce. In England, as
many as thirty or more different grasses
have been found growing on single
square foot of sod in old pastures. Some
of these pastures are one hundred years
old, or more. We have no such old
pastures. But in some of the Oldest, a
large variety of grasses will be found
growing-many varieties, not sown,
springing up spontaneously or gradually
creeping in from seed accidentally
scattered. The indigenous grasses very
soon show themselves, and add greatly
to the nutrihousness of the feed or
fodder produced. Often the original
seeding almost entirely disappears and
gives place to indigenous grasses, which
do not have a chance to establish themI
selves when the sod is frequently turned,
under, as in the case under system OF
rotation.
In seeding, farmers, as a rule, are too
sparing OF seed, and fail in not sowing al
large enough variety. THIS should bd
! large, if only one or two crops of grass
are to be taken, in order to furnish the
/ fullest supply of all the nutritive ele-
1 ments. Besides, with large variety of
| grasses, more pasture-feed or meadow
| hay can be produced from a given area.
In one sense, the grasses are social, and
/ the different varieties will grow side by
side, in much more compact form than
will single variety. With one or two
varieties, large spaces will remain uncov-
cred between the stalks. Other varieties
will grow in these spaces, thus more
completely covering the ground. So it
pays in moro ways than one to grow a
variety Of grasses. IL results in more
product, and supplies a more palatable
and nutritious food.
Our dairymen and farmers generally
depend too much on timothy-a surface
feeding, not over-nutIitious grass, grow
ing only on very dry soil, and easily
winter-killing II is well enough, how
ever, as one variety. Red-top hourishe;
we'll in a wet soil, and should appear in
every meadow, if not in every pasture.
Orchard grass, which IS somewhat diff
cult to seed, is very valuable grass
much more so than is generally supposed
Though it shoots out and grows in tufts,
leaving bLre intervals, when it once getl
fairly rooted it well covers the ground
either of pasture or meadow. Many dis
like it Tor hay but this arises from III
fact that they let it get too ripe befor'
cutting. 1t needs to be cut just befor
bloom. It then makes most. e1eellen
hay, and the next crop springs up rapid,
and vigorously, -FrGiris FIrmsr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Lime Dust for Chickens

From an exchange we clip the follow.
ing cure for gapes in chickens. 1t is
surely a simple remedy and worthy of
trial.
The lime dust treatment is the best of
all cures for gapes in chickens. 1t is
cheap, simple aud effective. l put a
whole brood of chickens in n peck
measure with a bag over the top A
barrel partly filled with air-slacked lime,
as dry as powder, was turned on its
side, and the lime was stirred with a
stick until the whole barrel was filed
with lime floating in the air. The
chickens were put into this, with the
bag over the mouth of the barrel. They
were put into the dust three times, not
more than a minute each time. They
should be kept in the measure all the
time. We let one brood stay in too long
and lost five out of seven. The wind
pipes of the dead chickens were found
more than half filed with gapc worms,
which made it more difficult for them
to breathe. My little son, seven years
old, treats his chickens in this way sue
cess(ully. The lime can be Stacked with
water and then allowed to dry so as to
powder. A lot of lime thus prepared
will last for years for this purpose. -
Farm, Field and St0ckmaR.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
ABanSrupt Who Kept His Vow.

j. H. Swoyer, who recently died in
Wilkesbarre, Penn, was in his way
quite a remarkable man. He went tc
that city in 1857 and accumulated large
fortune in the coal business, which wa;
all swept away in strike. He borrowed
$500, ,0J0 from banking firm, which
caused the institution in the end to close
its doors. Many poor depositors lost all
they had. Swoyer came out in a card
and said if God would spare his health
he would pay every dollar back to the
bank and the depositors would losC
nothing. Accordingly, after the strike
ended, he went to work. lie sold hi
horses aud carriages and dismissed hi
servants. His palatial mansion was va
Gated, and he went to live in a small
house on a back street. He also laboreC
himself daily in the mines. In five year
he paid every dollar back TO the bank
and the depositors got all their money
back with interest When Swoyer mad,
the last payment the depositors in mas
meeting eulogized him. Swoyer con
tinued to prosper, and died worth $500,
000.- Times Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Selecting Fruit Trees.

In selecting fruit trees for planting
for domestic supply one may choose the
best varieties irrespective of appearance
or of prolificacy Of yield, for the popular
and most salable fruits are not 10y any
means of the best quality, and those
which yield largely, although the quality
is inferior, are preferred for sale before
better ones that are less productive.
The same remark will apply to the small
fruits, of which the finest qualities are
either too soft for shipping or not suffi-
GENTLY productive for profit. Two or
three trees of kind, and varieties that
bear successfully from the earliest to the
latest, should be chosen for home use 1
and then for sale one kind only will be
found preferable to several or many. In
regard to pears, an orchard of 200d
Duchess dwarfs has always found one
single purchaser for the fruit at prices
fifty per cent. in advance of the regular
market rates, because the whole lot OF
fruit could be made even in quality and
the grades packed separately, and all the
packages were alike. 1t is the same
with apples; an orchard of Newtown
Pippins solely has its crops engaged in
advance for ten years on regular con.
tract, and another of Northern Spy is
under contract in the same way. Had
these orchards been made up of twenty
or forty different kinds the product
would have been peddled about. .-Ne,o
York. Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
A Man Drowned in a Beer Glass.

A man in Trenton, N. j., was recently
drowned in a beer glass. He had been
drinking hard and was well under alco.
holic influence, when he entered saloon
aud ordered glass of beer, which was
brought him. He sat down at table
and fell into stupor, his head dropping
forward into the glass before him. When
the barkeeper tried to arouse him hall
an hour later it was found that he was
dead, his nose being immersed in the
liquor in such a way that respiration
was completely stopped. - Chicago Nelcs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07

W. L. Douglas, the best known shoe manu-
facturer in the world. was born at Plymouth,
Mass, August ~, lS45. When he was seven
years old he was bound out to learn the shoe
making trade. His early life was a hard one,
but he did not complain. He had an ambition
to be master of his trade; he worked hard and
learned all he could. Having saved II little
money by hard work at the bench he began to
manufacture shoes at Brockton, Mas. =, July D.
1876. His knowledge of the business gave him
great advantage over his competitors. lie
worked hard and saved his money; his busi-
ness began to increase and in May, 1883, his adj
vertisement first appeared in the papers, ad-
Vertisng W. l.. Douglas 50 Shoe. He has since
added several other kinds, which he describes
in his advertisement that appears in this paper
from time to time. Ii Is "A fact known by those
who wear his shoes that he gives more value
for the money than any other shoe manufac-
turer. W. l.. Douglass factory is i2 feet long,
30 feet wide, three stories high; he employs so
workmen with a pay roll of 5000 per week.
His sales 1900 pairs per day; his busi ness is
increasing very rapidly and will reach over
81 10000 this year. He pays the highest wages
paid in the city, and is highly regarded by those
who work for him. II you are in want Of a
pair of shoes ii will pay you 10 go TO your dealer
and examine pair before you buy any other
make. There is one thing certain, you Will
find his shoes the best value for the price, and
free from shoddy. W. L. Douglas built up his
reputation by making honest shoes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
Orchard Ninnnromont.

A writer in the Canada Houicvlturisi
gives brief statement of his simple and
good orchard management. His trees
stand in grass; but the following ami
mails have the run of the orchard: Eleven
pigs, sixty turkeys, fifty ducks and 15O
hens-the pigs averaged 800 pounds
each. He had fifty barrels of pears, all
of the Flemish Beauty. Clapp's favorite
was good pear. He had a large apple
crop. There was no pear blight. A
well grazed pear orchard, with plenty OF
animal droppings, is good treatment,
much better than meadow grass. For
this reason pear trees will do well in
closely shaven, winter. dressed lawns.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Emin Pasha.

All who have been reading recently
about Stauley's latest wanderlngs in
Africa, where he has probably been
murdered by some of the wild tribes OF
the equatorial region, have heard OF
Emin Pasha, who is a potentate of i'm.
portance in Upper Egypt.
He is not an African of any race but
is a German, a physician by profession,
and by name Eduard Schnitzer. He
was born in the province OF Siesia, in
1910, studying finally in the University
of Breslau, and graduating in The
faculty of medicine, His first foreign
service was in Turkey, where he was {
surgeon in the army. In 1876 he tool
service IN the Egyptian army, where h,
assumed the cognomen "Emin," tht
Faithful HIS career in Egypt has beer
quite distinguished, and places him il
rank with such foreign adventurou!
spirits as Stanley Gordon and a few
others. PicayuHe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
For Life.

Little Bobby, whose mother believes
in cautioning her children against the
consequences of foolish acts, has often
said to him.
''If you get before the train, or fall
into the water, you may be killed; and
when one is dead it is for long time.
One day Bobby, while walking with
his uncle, took pains To keep at a safe
distance from the river.
III should fall in, l should be
drowned" he exclaimed; "and when
you drowned you're dead, and wheD
you're dead, it's for life"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Pertinent Advio, Young Men.

A writer in Fibre and Fabric gives the
following pertinent advice to young men,
whether they be mechanics, mill hands, OF
workers in other channels Of industry: In
the first place, shun the saloon, as in them
you will never find the least possible incen-
tive toward education, fame or honor. Keep
from standing around street corners aud
cigar stores let the wooden images of ln-
dams suffice for tobacc" signs. Make up
your mind that your Creator has created
you for higher purpose than to decorate
the front of a cigar store. Learn to love
solitude and study; procure some good books
and periodicals; choose only those that will
instruct you: learn 10 love the study of the
sciences, you will find them dry and unin-
teresting at iirst, no doubt but you can learn
TO like them and become eager to grasp
everything new in that line ami at this stage
they become interesting to you. Take one
or more papers on your trade or calling
avoid dime novel literature; always peruse
that which will he the most beneft 10 you
II you are deficient in mathematics, acquire
knowledge Of them, as 1t is indispensable TO
you, and according To all learned mems tes-
timony there Is no study which renders so
acute or 30 well developed the reasoning
powers in man as the study Of mathematics.
SOFT IS with mechanics and physics or natu-
raj philosophy; they render the reasoning
powers moro acute, enabling Us 10 see the
cause ana enect much quicker
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Miss Anna Dickinson is always happy
when making political speeches,


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monary Difficulties, Malaria, Ague Cake, Liver
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Beware of limitations, and do not be deceived
by misrepresentation. Ask for ALLCoCK's, and
let no explanation or solicitation induce you to
accept a substitute.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07

II is a significant fact that most Of the wo.
men who have achieved fame in art literature
or Affairs have enjoyed vigorous health
This shows that the mind is never capable ol
the severe and continued application necessary
20 creative work. unless the body is al its best
The woman who aspires to fill an exalted place
among her associates, must be free from nerv
Gus debility and female weakness. DR.. Piercet
Favorite Prescription viii bapish these, and 4
is warranted 10 restore those functional har
monies which are indispensable 70 health. Al
a specific for all those chronic weaknesses anC
Thirty million trees have been planted il
Kansas this year
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07
Relies of the Time When Homer Sang,

DR.. Schliemann's excavations at My.
cenr, in Greece, are being eaergetioally
carried on, aud are bringing to light
many objects Of great archaeological and
anthropologieal interest. The town is
surrounded by tombs cut in solid rock,
whose construction antedates Homer.
They average forty square yards in size,
and the dead were laid in them without
covering, instead of being oremated, as
in Homer's time. A late discovery in,
cludes glass, crystal aud ivory work, and
engraved precious stones, barring ad
miTably-exeeuted figures of animals
They throw much light on civilization
3 thousand years before Christ, and b.
their generally Oriental character prov,
that the ancient Greeks received no
only all their raw material, but also tht
art Of symbolieal representation itself
from the East. -ReD HoTk TINES,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1888-11-07

A country editor thus dashes the
hopes of those patrons who believed
they could control his course by threats
CT withdrawal of patronage:
We don't belong TO our patrons,
Our paper is wholly our own
Whoever may like it may take it,
Who don't, may just let it alone