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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
A New Mineral.

A new mineral has been discovered
named Sperryite, in honor of the man
who found it, Francis l.. Sperry, OF Sud
bury, Ontario, chemist to the Canadian
Copper Company of that place. 1t is es-
sentially an arsenide of platinum and OF
great interest, since platinum has not
been found before as an important con-
stitucnt of any material except the alloys
with other metals of the platinum group.
The mineral was found at the Nermillion
mine, in the district of Algoma, province
of Ontario, place twenty-five miles west
of Sudbury and twenty-four miles north
of Georgian Bay, on the line of the AL
gonna branch of the Canadian Pacific
Hallway. The mine was dis overed in
October, 1881, and a three-stamp mill
was put up for the purpose of stamp
ing gold quartz. Associated with this
gold ore are considerable quantities of
pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, and
at the contact of ore and rock, and occu.
pying small pockets in decomposed
masses of the ore, there is quantity OF
loose material composed of gravel
containing particles of copper aud
iron pyrites. 1t was in milling this loose
material that several ounces of the arsen-
ide of platinum were gathered on the
carpet connected with the stamp mill.-
Boston AdCeTtiSer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

The employment of horses on so many
street railroads is q great waste oil AMI
NAL material required in other fields,
and involves a necessary cruelty to the
horses. Yet it is surprising how oc-
casionally horse will adapt himself to
this spawning kind of occupation. A
driver recently called my attention
ON the Thirty.fourth street line, in
New York city, says Gath, in the Gin
cinnati En ,uirer, TO a horse IN good
condition, which had been employed by
the company, and he told me that on
the Twenty third street Cross-town
Line was horse which had been between
nineteen and twenty years in the service.
The existence of the large stables for
these horses in the centre of the city,
with their outfit of hay and fodder, and
manure, is cause Of danger, and in
time ali our horso-railroad stables have
one after another been destroyed by fire,
causing destruction Of adjacent property
and the roasting of cavalry regiments OF
horses During the tie.up in the latter
part OF January the elevated railways
worked with all their might, and large
proportion Of the operating and business
people felt no concern about the street.
car lines, but invalids, women, the
uptown stores and the physicians
showed their annoyance, and the loss ot
occupation, and therefore of value, was
a matter of loud complaint.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Better Farm Horses.

There is no doubt that the average
quality OF farm horses has been raised
within few years. There is still much
room for improvement In those owned
by great many farmers. President
McHugh, of the Iowa Improved Stock
Breeders Association, in his last annual
address refers to this sub ect IN the fol
lowing language;
1t is quite gratifying to note with
each succeeding year the improvement
made in the horses of the State, by tho
continued introduction of the lest blood
TO be found in European countries. The
energy displayed by the several import
ing firms and owners of horse farms is
fast leaving its impress on the quality of
our stock, but so long as 1t Is possible
to stand on the street corner of the aver
age Iowa town and note that three out
OF every four teams which pass are infe-
rior looking aud evidently wi hout any
claim TO good breeding, lust 30 long
must our enterprising breeders aud i'm.
porters continue the work of exterminat-
ing the scrub. The natural increase Of
horses in our State being about e4O, 900
annually, If it be true that $50, 00O or
even less arc from unregistered sires,
how many million dollars are yearly lost
TO the aggregate value Of Iowa stock by
this penny and pound foolish opera.
tioni
Nor is the loss thus sustained direct
only. II is also indirect in its derac-
tion from material results. In proof
thereof, how often do we see able bodied
men engaged in marketing the r farm
products with teams so untitled for such
work, that they struggle along with a
load that would afford little moe than
exercise for our better class of horses.
Much valuable time is thus lost both on
the farm aud on the roads than can ily be
spared IN busy seasons Next TO his
family. the farmers nearest companion
is his team, and ordinary pride, if moth
ing else, would seem TO suggest that the
cost of possessing a strong and attrac
tive pair Of horses being so tr.ding, he
would not long be content 10 spend half
his time behind a pair of scrubs.
But our farmers are be ng rapidly
educated and awakened 10 the great ad-
vantages secured by improving the horse,
the nobiest Of all animals, and bringing
him up 10 that standard of development
that means strength, activity. beauty and
intelligence, all Of which are never fail
ing possibilities, and within the reach of
every man, no matter how straightened
hls circumstances may be. Farm, Fell
ant st0ckm ma
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
The Treating Custom.

A bill has been introduced in the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature making it penal offence
for any person to treat another with intoxi-
eating liquor. If such a law as this could
he enacted and enforced. it would do away
with a vast amount of intemperance. Proba-
bly, nine tenths OF the victims of strong
drink are drawn into the liquor habit by the
custom of treating 1t is an idea quite pc
culiar to America, that the spirit of good
fellowship and fraternal feeling finds its
readest and fullest expression in a call for
drinks for the crowd 1t is quite gen
orally regarded as a mark of a generous
nature for a man to invite his friends to
muddle their brains with some vile decoction
of the drink shops, and an indication
of a mean and petty spirit to refuse
such invitations. 1se treating Gus
tom is in short, one of the
most subtle and powerful devices employed
by Satan to lure men to destruction, but we
doubt very much whether the custom can be
directly legislated out OF existence. The re-
form must come in another way. As lorg
as the fiction of respectability is kept up for
the liquor traffic by making it legal busi-
ness, and gilded and fashionable saloons and
bar-rooms are maintainel under the sanction
of the law, so long will the treating custom
be recognized as a social obligation. With
draw from the drink-shops, high and low,
the recognition Of law, drive them out of the
light of day in company with the gambling
dens and all their kindred iuiquities, and the
custom of inviting men to make beasts of
themselves with drink will soon die out of it.
self for want of anything respectable TO feed
upon An effort is now being made to drive
the saloons out Of Pennsylvania with pro
hibitory law, and if this effort succeeds nc
anti-treating law will be needed.-NelU York
Observer
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Temperance News and Notes.

Drinl-shops in California increased in
eight years from IA, 600 TO 81 600.
The estimated cost of the liquor traffic to
the people of Ohio is s70,O0),00J a year
1t is estimated that 50, 600 families are
homeless in London through intemperance.
The amount expended on intoxicating
liquors in Ireland for the year isS1-Ss was
XII, ,04l, ,5SS.
A California paper says alcohol makes two
insane for each weekday and three for Sun
day in that State each year.
A bootleg traffic is said to be one of the
devices resOrted TO il some parts Of Iowa TO
evade the prohibitOry liquor law in that
State.
Cardinal Manning has succeeded in per-
suading So 600 persons, in London alone, to
enroll themselves in his Temperance League
of the Cross,
a lady of beauty and refinement, the sister
of one OF the most famous lawyers in Mon
treal, and member of one of the oldest fam
lilies in Canada, was sent to an inebriate asy-
lum in Chicago the other day. The drink
demon is impartial-he picks his victims
from the top OF the social ladder as well as
from the bottom,
SAYS a Comanche Indian clergyman:
what we need is the Bible taught in a plain
manner instead OF the whisky flask We
want the Government TO educate our children
to be good and useful citizens of this Coun-
try instead Of drunkards Let the Govern.
ment appropriate more money for teachers OF
a good moral character and less for scalp
knives and guns
prefer a country where l don't make bad
blood by having to see one puOllc-house TO
every six dwellings which Is literally the
case in many spots around u.s. My gall rises
at the rich brewers in Parliament and out OF
it, who plan their poison shops for the sake OF
their million making trade, while probably
their families are figuring somewhere as re-
fined philanthropists or devout eYangelicals
and ritualists. George Eliot
General Booth says the Salvation Army
is becoming the greatest teetotal society il
the world. He has fifty officers working in
the worst slums OF London
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
A Very Ancient Autograph.

In Europe one of the most ancient au
tographs preserved in public museum
is at the Louvre. 1t is an Egyptian
papyrus, in which one Serpamonthe'
writes to Pamouthes, his brother, thai
he has sent by canal boat the property
of Thales, son of Jeray, the body oi
Senvris, his mother. ">he is embalmed, y
adds the pous son; "a ticket hangs
round her neck; her carriage is paid
her name is Inscribed upon her stomach,
and wish thee, oh, my brother, health
and prosperity" Fortunately, no one
has ever tried to steal this matchleas au-
torranh
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Sheen for Mutton .

The Southdown form has been care.
fully obtained for mutton purposes. 1t
plyases the butcher and it pleases the
consumer. 1t cuts up well on the block,
aud it is marbled evenly-a streak Of fat
and a streak of lean. The excellent
qualities of mutton need to be carefully
studied by farmers. The excellent feed
ing qualities of sheep resemble those of
cattle Cattle feeders are experts in
selecting good feeders, and why should
not sheep feeders become experts alsol
Some breeds of sheep produce ex-
ce.lent mutton as lambs, but are too fat
and strong when matured. Notably Of
these are the Cotswolds and the broad
tails much used in some sections where
lamb raising is practiced.
Some breeds, as the Merinos, are
especially desirable for lamb raising,
since they fatten so readily after the
lambs are sold, but their forms are not 80
desirable for cutting up economically as
they should be. Crossing with the
Southdown adds 10 their value. Some
of the families of the Merino are we'll
nigh models, however, of the famous
Southdowns, and while growing rs
much and as high quality of mutton,
grow large fleeces of elegant wool, more
desirable, If put in same condit on, than
the Australian woods.
Healthfulness of breeds fit them for
different regions, and thus affect the
profits of sheep raising, if prudently re.
garded.
Many of the hindrsnces are not beyond
our control, if we set about to find q
remedy. .-Fdrm and Fireside.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Profit in Carrots.

Few root crops are more profitable
than carrots. They are An excellent food
for horses and colts; they stimulate the
flow OF milk in cows, and give delight.
full flavor and color to the butter. Al
though there is usually not much sale
for them In rural communities, in large
cities great quantities can he readily dis
posed of. The price does not often go
below fifty cents per bushel, and we have
known them TO sell for more
than double that price. On ordinary
land, and with rather less than ordinary
cultivation, we have grown at the rate
of about 500 bushels per acre.-Anleri.
can dgriculiWist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
Painting Brick Houses.

Farmers who build with brick learn
after time that to keep the house we'll
painted not only makes It look better,
but adds to its durability. 1t Is fully as
necessary as the painting Of wood.
Brick is very porous, and In our alter
mating winter weather, rainy one day
aud freezing the next, the brick fills
with water, and scales oil as fast as frost
expands it, The painted house is also
much warmer, the paint excluding cir
from the surface. Paint on a wooden
house saves much of its cost in the les
scned expense for fuel to keep it warm.
--B9st n OHltiUdt0r.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Rennet for Making Chce sc.

The rennet which is used for making
cheese is usually made by sleeping tho
stomach of young unweaned calf In
water with some salt. This salt water
dissolves some part OF the stomach which
contains a certain substance generally
supposed to be ferment, that is some
thing which produces chemical action
in the milk to which it is added in
making cheese. What this ferment is is
not precisely known. 1t is not thought
to be an organism, for this has not as yet
been detected by any microscopIcal ex-
animation, but it may be, nevertheless,
an organism so minute as to be beyond the
power of microscope to make visible.
No other substance but the stomach of a
young animal has been found equal to
this for this purpose and any such
stomach has the same property, lambs
stomach or young pigs may be used as
rennet, or even the bladder has been
found to have this effect upon the milk.
Acids of various kinds have been used,
but they make a hard, sharp-flavored
cheese. There arc several preparations
of rennet in the market that can be pro.
cured of dealers in dairy supplies, in
liquid form ready for use. The mode of
preparing the rennet is as follows: Tho
stomach is emptied of its contents (thc
curdled milk)--it possesses a stronger
power when it is full-and Is at once
q iiH,,sl- y, ,sasith Salt and hung up to dry.
Es5nfg increases its strength. When it
is dry it may be used as required. A
piece two inches square stepped in half
pint of warm salt water is sufficient for
100 gallons OF milk at a temperature Of
ninety degrees. In some foreign cheese
dairies pigs bladder stepped in vinegar,
with sweet herbs as flavoring, is used
for rcnnet. t.-Nolo York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

And all diseases OF the Throat and Lungs, orn
be cured by the use of SCoTT's EMULSION, as IL
contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil
and Hypophosphites In their fullest rm. |
a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as
milk, easily digestel and can be taken by the
most delicate. Please rcai: II consider Scott,
Emulsion the remedy par-eXcellence in Tuber-
culous and Strumous Affections, to saynoth.
ing of ordinary colds affd throat oubles.'-
W.R. :. CONNEtI, NJ. D., Name ester. q.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
Genernl McClcIlan,s Monument

The monument which marks the grave
of General George B. Mcclellan is in
course of construction at the Quincy
Granite Company's Works in Buffalo,
n. Y, and Is to be ready for unveiling
on the coming Decoration Tay. The
shaft will be forty-siX feet high, at base
nine feet six inches square, material
being granite, costing $4,000. 1t IS
surmounted by large ball on which
rests an eagle. Tho ball and eagle are
six feet high and the eagle is four feet
from tip to tip of wing. The following
will be the inscription of one face OF the
shaft
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

To thc Editor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its Vir,
tues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his = o. and Express address. Resp'y,
u.0. ROOT. NJ. @ 1888 Pearl ST.. New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

The rush on the druggists stlll continues and
daily scores Of people call for bottle OF
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for
the cure Of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis
aud Consumption. Komp's Balsam, the stan
dard family remedy,is sold on guarantee and
never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price
5Oc and 81. Trial size FREQ.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

Woe unto him that gfueth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle TO him, and
mdkeSt him drunken dlso.--Hab. II, Is.
The wicked worksth deceitful work but
to him tAat soweth righteousness shall be a
true reward. Rev. II, is.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
w. G. T. u. COLUMN,
Conducted bo the Tionestd linton.

The w. O. 7. U. meets the I'd and 4th
Tuesday OF each month, at 8 p. m.
President-Mrs Eli Holeman.
Vice Presidents-Mrs. J. g. Dale, Mrs
W. J. Roberts.
Recording Sec'y-Mrs L. A. Howe.
Cor. Sec. and Treas-Mrs S. d. Irwin.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
YOU Need IT!

81 have hugc Dictionary. but e is 20 much rk TO
1 II for examination that l am incl ned TO shirk
looking out wutds although dcsrlus II knowledge
Your HANDY DICTIONARY is always by me and
look out words on the instant, so the information
Is impressed ON my mind.'-C Corrcsp0ndcRi.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27

THE present orange crop of Florida is esti-
mated at 100000 boxes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-03-27
plos.5n psIl. GREAT English GOut ana
DIdII SrIllSa Rheumatic Remedy

Inn kfFtTa Vti0stsi i0 utfal sd
tNSs Instructive arteet Msn should
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
Hon. D. L. Smith.


The Topeka Capital Common
1CeoLtb of Feb. 9th has the following
complimentary notice of Representa-
tive Smith:
Daniel Lee Smith, the representa-
tive from Phillips county, Is a native
Of the Empire atate, having been
born IN Genessee county, New York,
Sc years ago. In 1886, when the sub
ject of this sketch was but three years
old, his parents moved to MacOmb
county. Michigan, and it was in that
then wild and woOlly wolverine state
that the breaking out of the war found
Dan, ready and anxious to take up
arms in defense Of the flag. He en-
listed in August, 1861, IN the Fifth
Michigan volunteer infantry, which
was Immediately ordered to the Pc
tomac, and formed a part Of the first
division, third corps, of that lllfated
army, which, under Mcclellan,
knocked so long and loud at the door
Of Richmond without gaining admit
lance. At Williamsburg, Fair Oaks,
in front Of Richmond and around to
Harrison's Landing, Mr.. Smith per
/ formed bravely and well the soldiers
duty, and was finally compelled to
| retire to the hospital. Later on, when
I ''Fighting JOe' Hooker faced Lee at
! Charlottesville, Dan Smith was one
of those who bravely fought to Wrest
victory from defeat, but in vain. On
! the heights of Gettysburg, in that
terrible conflict which decided the
( fate of the nation, Mr. Smith was
previously wounded and was carried
to the rear ere Mead's invlnclabIe
army had driven back in dismay the
armed hosts of treason.
At the close of the war Mr.. Smith
returned to the state Of his nativity
where he resided until 1870, when be
concluded to follow the excellent ad
vice of the lamented Greedy, and has
never had occasion to regret his ac
ton.
| More than eighteen years ago Mr.
Smith settled on a homestead IN Phil
lips county, where he has resided
ever since. He has repeatedly beer
hOnOred by his fellow citizens will
positions of great responsibility. FO
four years he held the Office Of trea
surer of his county, and the only re
greet Of the people of Phillips on hi
retirement, was that they could no
again elect him as his own successor
his unwavering honesty and unfinch
ing integrity have caused those VIII
know him best ITO speak of him a
Honest Dan Smith"
AS a legislator, Mr.. Smith is noted
more for hard conscientious WOrl
than for a display Of time CONSUMING
, oratory 1t is noticeable too, that hi
vote is always recorded on the RICH
side Of the question.
MIR Smiths legion Of friends in til
northwest are strongly urging hi
claims for the receivership Of til
land office at Kirwin, and certainl
l no better man or one more deservin
5 could be selected as the successor
, Hon. A. j. Harris
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22
"Private owner ship in Land. .

ED. HERALD: Your issue of Mar.
8th inst, contained an article from
''BrOncho" on the evils of syndicates
holding such large tracts of land [
ask EsBrOnchO'' what he would have
the people do, in order to retrieve the
vast amount of public lands now in
possession Of alien land owners?
What steps would he advise to be
taken which might effect a solution to
a problem that is Of such grave i'm
portance? Surely the constitution
will protect them in private owner
ship. They are, under existing laws,
entitled to as much land as they may
wish to own, providing proper pur-
chases are made. No state enacts its
laws contrary to the sovereign will Of
the people. What shall we do? Can
anything be done with such a mea-
sure without national legislation, and
should it take upon itself the right
to declare nOn-OWnership in land,
would it not revoke every title to land
owned by private parties? What Of
the eastern states where farms are
small, only containing from 40 to so
acres as a maximum? What would
be their sentiment In such an act
Such policy is a mighty undertake
ing and involves tremendous plans.
Free land system doubtlessly is
the apex Of civilized government, but
! selfshness is not yet eradicated suf-
fciently to determine the actual needs
Of human subsistence. I cannot see
any way of forcing those aliens to dis
pose of their land under the present
constitution, unless the state tax the
land to such a rate as to render it
burdensome, and then those who
own small farms would be sufferers
also. I would like for ''Broncho'' to
devise some plan which would meet
with universal sentiment-a plan to
open the way to a higher realization
Of advancement. I am of the Opin-
ION that a reconstruction of constitu-
tiOnal power is needed before much
can be accomplished. Our present
calendar of laws is about full; amend
ments are so numerous that it resem-
bles a crazy patch quilt; Some one
must sacrifice. No progression ever
came without the discOmoding OF
some ones project. Then let the
greater number be benefited at the
expense of the few. r.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-22

The people Of Long Island are
holding railroad meetings and dis
cassing how they can induce the K.
@. & 0. road to run their road to
Long Island The road now ternin-
ates at Alma, Nebraska, and viii be
extended southwark The inter
Ocean says regarding it:
AS per instruction of the meeting,
minutes Of which are published on
the first page, Mr.. E. M. Weed visit
ed Alma Tuesday to gain information
regarding the extension of the K. G.
So o. railroad Mr.. Weed was in
formed by officials of the company
that the road would be extended
this spring, but the direction had not
been decided upon. He was notified
that further information would be
given him on Thursday, but up to the
hour of going to press FRIDAY after
noOn) he had received no intelligence.
The chances are even that the road
will strike this city, and further that
this viii be division point. This is
stated because there are good reasons
for such belief We hope to have
full information by next issue"