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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Hog cholera is often a proof of bad
feeding.
Did you select and secure your corn be-
fore the frost?
How much land do yous aste in fenc-
ing your farml
Plenty of salt is as good for hogs as
for the cows, especially if the hogs are in
pasture.
If the cows are to do'good service next
winter, they must receive proper care and
attention now.
If the frost cut the tomato vines before
the fruit was mature it may pay to pick it
for the hogs or cows. We feed ours to
the cows.
1t is said that sorrel horses are less
sensible to heat than horses of other col
ors, and that they have more endurance
than others.
Farmers are becoming more and more
of the opinion that it is the early plow-
ing and not so much the early sowing that
brings the best wheat.
Have as few fences on the farm as pos
sible. They are one of the biggest taxes
the farmer has, and he should cut them
down as much as possible.
In many cases it will be found a good
plan to apply a good dressing of we'll
rotted manure around the strawberry
plants in the fall before mulching.
Now is the time to remember that it
rarely pays to keep summer pigs over the
Yinter-crowd them so that they can be
ready for market by the holidays at least
Milk that is quickly and without agi-
!ation cooled to forty-fve degrees or
slightly below, is put at point where
there can only be very slow chemical
change in its elements.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

A good story is told of farmer who
was of miserly turn of mind and had
attended church but little, and had given
but scantily for the support of the Cos
pei. 1t was in the early summer when
he startled his better half with the excla.
nation; "Janc, we as you we'll know
have two very fine calves, and as l have
done nothing scarcely hitherto for church
support l am going to give one of those
calves to the church" Everything
moved on mcrrily for awhile until acct
dentally on Il summers morning one of
the calves came suddenly to an untime-
ly end. The farmer looked the animal
over as it lay on the green sward before
him. He spent but a short time in
silent thought, and then raising his eyes
and looking about him to see if any one
was within hearing distance, and seeing
no one he raised himself erect and with
a look of relief pictured on his counte.
nance, whispered audibly; "That's tho
church calf. The moral may be easily
drawn by the reader.-Leuiston (He.)
Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
CRIRnING CORK.

I have yet to learn the economy of
cribbing corn with the shuck on, writes
n. J.. Shepherd in the Western Piolcmaa.
The large amount of storage room re-
quired, the more handling necessary with
the extra work of handling that is occa-
stoned is certainly worth more than the
small amount of feed that is received in
the shucks. If froughness is needed it GER
tainly can be secured at much less cost,
and of considerably better quality by
cutting the fodder in good season.
After the corn has matured sufficiently
to gather and store away there is but
small amount of nutriment in the dried
up shucks. 1t is not good economy to
feed corn to stock OF any kind with the
Shuck on, and hence if stored away with
out husking it must be all handled over
again before feeding. 1t will not keep
any better in the shuck than without; IN
fact, if the corn is exposed and gets wet
it will damage more in the crib if it is
left with the husk on than without. More
crib room is required to hold given
humber of bushels, and more handling
will be required from the field. II can
be ierked off in the field in a little less
time than to shuck clean, but the work
of husking again before feeding out will
more than make this up so that so far as
the work is concerned and the expense of
properly storing, husking clean in the
field will be found the most economical
plan, while in feeding out much time will
also be saved.
1t is always best in harvesting and
storing any crop to take reasonable
pains to put in as good condition as pos
sible, and in majority of cases this can
be done at a much less expense at the
start than to wait until il is needed, either
Tor feeding or to send to market, and
then be obliged to handle over again be-
fore it can be considered rs being in a
suitable condition. Wheat, oats, barley
and rye can be cleansed much more thor
oughly before putting in the bins in
graneTies than afterward; and whichever
plan will economize labor to the best ad-
vantage should be used
And it is certainly not economizing
labor to store corn in the crib with the
shuck on, where, before it is fed out, it
must all be handled over again, and the
shuck be taken off before it is fed to the
stock. Even to hogs and cattle it is no
real saving. The cattle will waste more
or less corn in attempting to eat shuck,
cob and grain all at once, and often more
grain is wasted than the value of the
shuck as feed in giving cattle corn in the
shuck. What is fed to the hogs, has at
least wasted the shucks, while there is al
ways more or less waste of grain that
could have been saved if the corn was fed
shucked. With sheep and horses the
corn should always be shucked before
feeding. And it is only in exceptional
cases that this can be done cheaper in the
crib than in the field.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

Heavy rains Of ten produce disease among
farm animals. Almost every day cases Of
roup swelled head and distemper very dis
0strous among poultry are reported. A part
of this is also duo 70 improper feeding. You
cannot make hen lay when everything you
give her is being transformed into fat and
laying the foundation Of disease, same as with
an overfed child or person. Alfred T. John
son, Hampton, N. H., says: Last fall had
so fine looking hens, which began TO droop
and die; Ichanged their food and began us
ing Sheridan's Powder; in three weeks they
were nearly we'll and had increased the eggs
sixteen day. Ihave just bought six cans Of
it, as u preventive of disease the coming win
ter. 1t can't be beat, for that can saved me
$40 last year, |. s. johnson & Co., % Gus
tom House Street, Boston, Mass. (the only
makers of Sheridan's Condition Powder, will
send two 25 cent packs of Powder, and now
Poultry Guide, for GO cents; for Sl.00 five
packs and book; for St,20 large 2A can and
book; six cans $500 express prepaid. Send
stamps or cash Testimonials free. For
cents copy of the best Poultry paper sent.
GEORGE TALL and Lydia Short werS mar.
ried in Baltimore recently.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
CARE oF CALVES.

The Name Farmer truly says there is
much bad management with calves in the
colder months of the year. If confined
to the pasture where they have run dur
ing the summer, without additional food,
they are sure to grow thin in flesh and
lose ground when they ought to be grow
ing right along. On the other hard, if
turned into run of extremely fresh grass
they are quite liable to scour, and many
times this difficulty will follow so long as
the grass lasts. Later on they are left
out exposed to the cold storms and frosty
nights of late autumn and compelled to
live as best they are able on only frosted
grass. As a result of all this they come
to winter quarters reduced in condition
and actually less in weight than at time
two or three months previous.
Now, what has been gained from the
feed they have consumed during the time
and from the time that has passed with
out grain2 This has all been lost, and
more than lost, for it will take some time
and good feed to turn the tide and start
them again into thrift. A good practice
IS to house them nights and give extra
feed of some kind. We have secured
very satisfactory results from feed of
good hay each night at the barn. OF
course more rapid growth can be made
by adding wheat bran, crushed oats OF
linseed meal. At any rate they should
be kept thriftily growing, and to do it
must have something good to eat beside
what they can get in pasture at this sea.
son of the year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
snkrr hs scAvrNerns.

Writing in the New York Tribune,
L. B. Pierce says: "Now that sheep are
coming to the front once more, it is
possible that some very unproductive and
worthless slashings will be brought to
profitable condition. No other animal
is so at war with natures wildncss as the
sheep. Scarcely any noXious thing ex-
cept thistles will gain foothold in sheep
pasture; and there is no way of subdu-
ing a clearing so thoroughly as to set
sheep a-feeding there. l know of a
clearing of ten acres that has been moth
ing but bill of expense for eight years,
which now earring stumps) might have
been clean, bluegrass pasture if it had
been made a run for small flock of
sheep. The owner has had a spell of
cutting brush and weeds about once in
two years, and now the last end of the
field is worse than the first One of the
present beauty-spots is half-acre patch
of teasles. As run for cattle the field
has certainly not been worth twenty
cents an acre, aud many of the stumps
are no nearer decay than eight years ago,
the roots having been kept alive by
growing sprouts.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
Fort Payne. Alabama.

The wonderful growth Of this New Eng
land city in the South has been such as to
occasion exclamations of surprise from all
visitors. Surely, say many, the magician's
art alone could have produced this great
Transformation in a few short months To
those who have studied the situation the
growth seems the most natural thing imag-
Unable and not at all TO be wondered at
though phenomenal.
OF all the flourishing towns and cities OF
the South this one has attracted most atten-
tion, perhaps, for here alone is TO be worked
out the result of the first organized move
ment of the capital and brains from the
North and East in the development of the
vast resources of this region of country.
Here the iron ore of the best quality Is
within a quarter Of mile of the furnace.
Limestone for fluxing is yet nearer, on the
opposite side, and the coke ovens are building
ON the lot adjoining the furnace. A like
condition of fortutous circumstances do not
exist elsewhere in this or any other country
to insure a cheap production of pig iron.
Besides, this country abounds in clays that
makes the finest quality of fire bricks, sewer
pipe, terra Gotta, etc; in kaolin and haloy-
site, from which is made the finest crockery
and pottery; in sand for moulding and for
glass making in building stone of beautiful
colors and shades; in forests Of timber, both
hard and soft woods; in productive soil; in
beautiful scenery; an abundance of pure
spring water, and in healthful surroundings.
Its location is in the Wills Valley, between
Lookout and Sand Mountains, on the Queen
& Crescent Route, fifty-one miles below
Chattanooga and ninety-two miles above
Birmingham, in northeastern Alabama.
The Fort Payne Coal & Iron Company,
having 1900 stockholders nearly all from
New England, with Col. j. W. Spauld-
ing as President, and c. o. Godfrey
Mayor of the city,, as General Manager,
located here in February last and purchased
many thousand acres of land. At that time
the population numbered 53l; now it is a
city Of over 5000 population, with electric
lights, water works and rapidly growing
In that time there has been erected
and in process Of erection over five hundred
dwellings, two large hotels, furnace, rolling
mill, lime kiln, asphaltum block pavement
factory, ice factory, stove works, very ex-
tensiye fire clay works, five brick yards,
carriage factory, two saw mills, planning
mill, two banks, many stores school houses,
churches opera house, etc. The officers OF
the company are busy day and night ar
ranging for new industries, answering scores
of letters daily received, entertaining visit
ors and pushing the building operations of
the new industries under way. The Fort
Payne Herald, of August 2Sth, issued six
teen page illustrated paper which gives a
complete resume of the wonderful growth OF
the city up TO that date.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
Sponge Fishing in the South Seas

The sponge fishery of the South Seas
is an industry which evidently requires
only enterprise and organized labor to
become very profitable. The sponges of
the Pacific are generally regarded as in
ferior 10 those of the Levant and Red
Sea, but the difference seems to lie in
certain processes Of preparing for mar
ket, which are known to the Arabs, but
not in the Pacific. The best sponges in
these seas are mushroom-shaped, and
vary from the size of a mans fist to two
feet in diameter. When removed from
the coral rock TO which they cling they
are hard, heavy and black as tar. They
are cleansed by being suspended on a
frame work upon sandy beaches, where
the tide ebbs and flows. When the tide
is out and they are exposed TO wind and
sun their pulpy substance decays, and
when the tide rises the refuse matter is
washed away. Thus prepared they are
sold by the islanders at the rate of -four
of the largest sponges for a yard of cali
co worth six or eight cents.-Ne'O York
| Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

The bulbs should be potted as soon as
they can be had in a compost consisting
of good loan and rotten manure and road
grit, in equal parts, and should be just
covered with soil, and the whole well
watered with a hose. When the water
has soaked away they should be stood
upon firm bottom in the frame yard
and coal ashes put over them to the
depth of six or seven inches; here they
should remain until the pot is full of
roots. This is the object obtained by
covering with ashes; the crown of the
bulb being kept cool and dark with the
covering, the roots grow away in advance
of the tops, and so the plants become
fitted to yield coed bloom, and here we
would say to beginners in bulb culture
lies the great secret of success. We have
seen people who ought to have known
better pot bulbs and place them at once
into greenhouse for Towering, or into
stove for early bloom. OF course they
were disappointed, but as a rule the quail
ity of the bulb has been blamed and not
the foolish treatment which it has re-
ceived. Now, we say to all who wish
for early flowers of Roman hyacinths, get
them as early as possible and treat them
as we have directed and a grand bloom
will be the result. Never subject them
to artificial heat before the pots are full
of roots C0lmaa'S RlEdy World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
SWEET POTATOES.

We doubt if there is any crop which
in ordinary years can be grown with moro
satisfaction than sweet potatoes. There
are surely but few vegetables so palatable,
yet many do not raise them in any ouan.
tity on account of the trouble of keeping
them through the winter. The potatoes
are usually dug with hoes, but in large
quantities may he dug in an easier man.
ner. As soon as heavy frost strikes the
vines, which is readily known by the
leaves turning back, cut off the vines
close to the ground; then, with heavy
two horse plow throw two potato rows
together; then follow, remove the tubers
carefully from the stem and lay them on
the soft soil between the rows to dry off,
which they will do in an hour or so.
They must be handled as carefully as
eggs, especially at this time, as the skin
is very tender and can be rubbed of by
the hand, nor should they ever be
thrown, but carefully laid down. This
is very important feature of safely
keeping them through the winter. 1t
may seem unnecessary trouble, vet if
sweet potatoes are expected to keep in
good condition they cannot be handled
too carefully. As soon as they are dried,
carefully rub off any adhering loan or
soil by turning each tuber around in
your hands couple of times, and then
place them in the baskets, barrels or
chests in which they are to be stored, so
that they cannot be readily shaken about
when the packages are handled. If in
tended for immediate shipment, they are
at once forwarded in well ventilated
barrels or boxes. Large strawberry crates
are excellent to pack in when intended
for keeping as they are not so deep as
barrels. If intended for winter use or
sale, the packages should be stored in a
well ventilated place, free from damp
ness, where they can remain until cold
weather comes on, when they should be
| removed to a warm room. The packages
containing the potatoes should not be
moved more than is absolutely necessary,
as changing them from place to place is
apt to produce sweat and decay. One OF
the very best places to keep sweet pota-
/ toes during winter is a tight loft or room
! over the kitchen, so constructed that the
heat from below can readily be utilized
in warming the loft or upper room. /
| should be borne in mind that rats anC
mice are very fond Of ''sweets, and will
soon do c. lsiderable damage among
them if not guarded against. Sweet po
tatoes can stand much more heat in win
ter than the common potato; in fac
will keep well under a degree Of hea
which would soon shrivel or rot the latter
In the spring a good market is easill
found for them, and a large number car
be protitablY disposed of by almost ever
farmer. The raising of plants from tn
potatoes makes an item in proftabl
arming also.-Nss0 York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
THE FARM AND GARDEN
urNr TO CELERY eRowFns.


We all know of the trouble and delay
of gathering the stalks Of celery plants
together before the earth is drawn about
it If each one has to be tied up or held
separately. For three years, says l. V.
Shank, in HuSbdpdmda, have
adopted the following plan, which
at first was an experiment, the
results of which has proved entirely
satisfactory: l dug a trench about nine
inches in width. Set the plants about
five inches apart directly along the centre
of trench. Before drawing in earth l
crowd the space between the bank and
the plants with straw, which effectually
prevents the soil from coming in contact
with the celery, and so continues to the
required height; after which cover the
top with straw to the depth of four
inches, and finally cover all with earth
to depth sufficient TO protect from
freezing if left out over winter.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

A gourd three and half feet long is
one of the products Anna Lowe (colored),
of Marietta, Ga, raised in her garden
this year. She has fifteen of these gourds,
some of them four feet long.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

is really what The YoUTa's CoMPANIoN is. 1t
publishes each year as much matter as the
four-dollar monthlie5, and is illustrated by the
same artists. II is an educator in every home,
and always an entertaining and wholesoms
companion. IL has unique place in Amerl-
can family life. II you do not know IL, you
viii be surprised to see nov much can be gwen
sent now will entitle you to the paper 20 Janu-
ary 1891. Address,
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A Bengalee girl, who has Just com
pleted her ninth year, proposes to appear
at the next matriculation examination of
the Calcutta Qndia) University. She is
the daughter Of gentleman serving in a
distinguished capacity in a natiye Estate
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That ILLS each day with dreary pain"
This is the moan OF many a woman
Who thinks she can never be well again.
1t were better for me and better for others
II were dead" and their tears fall fast.
Not so, not so, o wives and mothers,
There's bow Of hope in the sky at last,
aud II tells you that the storm Of disease which
has spread Its shadow over you VIII give way
TO the sunshine OF renew ed health, if YOU are
wise, and try DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion. IL can and will effectually cure all fe-
male weakness and arrangements, and no
woman who has mt tried it need despair, for
a trial will convince her that it is the very
thing she needs TO restore her 10 the health
she fears forever lost.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11
The Excitement MOI Over.

The rush on the druggists still continues and
daily scores of people call for bottle of
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for
the cure of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma
and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the stan
dard family remedy, is sold on guarantee
and never fails to give entire satisfaction.
Price SOC. and 81. Trial size free.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

One of the greatest stories founded on fact
ever published. commences in the December
(A-mas) number or GopEY's 14ADY's BOOK,
shonld read M. Ready Nov. l5. An NeWsdealera
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is tn {
senior partner OF the firm of +. j. CHENEY q
Co., doing business in the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D., 1885
49, a. w, GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public,
1911
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces o, the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
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Mild, eQuahle climate, certain aud abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Full information free Adj
If afiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Tholnp-
sons Eve water. Druggists sell ~ 25c. Der bottle
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

GAMBLING at Seattle, Washington, is fast
and furious. Fifty-two games are running
openly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

To clea Sc the stomach, liver and system
generally, use DR.. Pierce's Pellets. % ceAts.
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STATE OF OHIo, CITY OF TOLEDO,
ICAg EOUNTY { ~

DIR. NAUsEN, the Norwegian explorer, is or
ganizing an expedition TO the North Polo.
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+. J. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, O.
IB- Sold by Druggists nc.
'O to be dead and done wlth trouble

MANY Cinnamon are being smugged into
| the Northwest by way of British Columbia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-12-11

Ifyou have ever used DObbins's Electric dur
ihE ~ tho = yv',.s y nus pVe 92iu, you AAoI 'h's
you haven't tried IL, ask your grocer for IL il00
Don't take imitation. There are lots of them.
THE worlds output Of tobacco is said to be
Increasing more rapidly than either wheat or
%. II.