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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
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Many people have learned by sxpsrisnns
that sheridans Condition Powder given once
daily, In the food, win supply the needed ma
tsrial to strengthen and invigorsts sick chick
ems or moulting hens and get them to lay
ing earlier than anything else on earth. Mrs.
Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, r. l., says.
II could not do without Sheridan's Condi-
ton Powder when hens are moulting. / use
itfor gapes and diarrhna; for when chickens
are small they often droop and die. To a
pint Of clabbered milk add teaspoonful Of
the powder, mix well, and let the chicks eat
all they will once day; IL does seem TO be
just what they need, they soon become so
vigorous People laughed at me when be-
gan to use Sheridan's Powder, and had no
idea should win premium. They laugh
best who laugh last, however. got more
eggs than any Of my neighbors, and some Of
them had over 100 hensN For so cts. /. s.
johnson 81 Co., Boston, Mass, will send two
25 cent packs, five packs for 81; or, for 81. 90
one large 2l4 pound can Of Powders, post
paid; six cans for s., express prepaid. For
6cts. copy Of the best Poultry paper sent
post paid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
EARTHING Up CELERY.

Several kinds Of vegetables are not eat.
able without undergoing the process of
bleaching, which takes away an astring.
ent taste that plants exposed to the full
sun and air have. Some plants, like the
cabbage and lettuce, in the formation of
the heads perform this part without any
aid from the grower. Even the cauli.
flower, by Its leaves bending over the
flower part, performs the same duty,
which, however, the grower will often
aid by bending back and half-breakine
the leaf, which is for the same purpose.
The sea kale and cardoons are also use.
less for the table without this process Of
bleaching; but as neither are cultivated
to any extent in this country, they are of
no moment to this inquiry.
This process of bleaching renders tho
plant more susceptible of injury-more
tender than when growing in its natural
state; hence the bleaching is done Just
before the plant is to be used for the table
or market. In the hot summer months,
when growth is rapid, bleaching is very
quickly performed if the plant is deprived
of light, whereas, toward fall, it takes
double the time. In the depth of winter,
with soil little above freezing, the pro.
cess is slower, yet takes all the winter,
sometimes, to thoroughly bleach. AT
this time of the year, couple of weeks
Will be sufficient; in the fall the same re.
suit will take a month. Once bleached,
1t is best marketed or used, if possible,
as the danger of rust is considerable, by
that thoroughly bleached. This is the
reason why gardeners do not earth up be.
yond sufficient to keep the stalks from
spreading, until two or three weeks be.
fore wanted.
AS celery is now grown mostly in few
places, and shipped all over the country,
every means is used to cheaper the cost
of production, and the pillow and horse
does, to considerable extent, what used
to be done by the spade and hand. Ten
to twenty cents dozen is now the com.
mon price of celery, where formerly il
was twenty to forty cents. s.-Prairie Far.
aler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.


A plan to connect the Siberian rivers
by canals is projected by the Russian
Government.
A scientist reckons up at least 172
races Of men, all, however, reducible to
the three fundamental black, yellow and
white stems.
A reliable storage battery is fast becom-
ing a necessity for use on board ship, to
drive motors to be used instead of the
smaller steam engines.
An ingenious apparatus has been de.
vised for the purpose of vaporizing solid
indictments, and it has already rendered
great service in connection with throat
troubles.
Great strength and durability are
claimed to characterize the furniture made
in Austria, of the bent wood, the prepa-
ration of which, for this purpose, is al
most a fine art.
A new company has been started in
Paris having for its objects the working
in France and abroad Of system of telc-
phonic additions by means Of an auto
matte apparatus.
A Paris stationer has Just announced
discovery, which will probably make his
fortune. 1t Is that of an ink warranted
to fade off the paper in week, without
leaving the slightest trace.
From Australia comes report that
mineral which has been discovered in
New South Wales contains all the prop
critics Of the very finest sienna and that it
is in every way suitable for painting,
staining, dyeing and ink.
Professor Elihu Thompson has devised
an electric welding car, which makes
continuous rails of the track over which
it passes. In thus welding the rails, it
Is proposed to have q break at every 100
feet, to allow for expansion.
Different classes of substances have
been found to affect the organs of taste
in the following order: Bitters, acids,
saline substances, sweets and alkalies.
The taste nerves are nearly 2000 times
as sensitive to qulnine as to sugar.
1t is announced that NJ. Courton, a
chemist, produced recently at the sitting
OF the French Academy of Sciences a
sealed envelope containing a description
OF an apparatus by means of which OBJ
jects may be seen at vast distances, the
vibrations of light being transmitted
through wire.
Of the 4200 kinds of flowers growing
in Europe, only 420 are odoriferous.
Less than one-ffth of the white kinds
winch number 1194-are fragrant, II of
the 951 yellow kinds, S4 of the S23 red
kinds, 81 of the 594 blue kinds, 13 of
the 30S violet blue kinds, and 2S of the
24O kinds with combined colors.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
PROTECTION FOR YOUNG PLANTS.

A very cheap and effective protector fol
young plants may be made of the collar
for pipe tiles, which can be bought at
nearly all factories of drain tiles. The
collars are in sections, about the same in
length as ordinary pipe tile, with grooves
partly separating the individual collars.
When broken apart the collars are each
about four inches long and two or three
inches in diameter. One of these is set
around each plant and pressed slightly
into the ground, so as to exclude cold
winds, cutworms, bugs and other enc.
mics. The collars are practically inde-
shuctible, and with reasonable care a
supply will last for years. Where they
cannot be obtained very good substitute
Is made by melting the bottoms from the
tin can in which vegetables and fruit are
sold, and using the can in the manner as
aboye.--4merican Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
Expecting to be Decapitated.

! once let professional swordsman cut
apples in two while l held them on my
head and on the palm o. my hand, and
I'll never do it again, says S. NJ. Lowrie
in the st. Louis Globe Democrat. The
experience is too thrilling for the plain
citizen who is not military in his tastes.
/ was with show when the regular as
sistant of the swordsman went on a strike.
and the swordsman was in dreadful
fume as he thought of disappointing the
crowd of spectators that night He came
behind the scenes at rehearsal and called
for volunteer
"I'll give S25 to the man who'll hold
the apple for me-" said he. No one
volunteered, and l daringly put in my
oar.
''I'll do it if you give me rehearsal. -
"No rehearsal, said he emphatically
'It will shatter your nerves so that you'll
tremble like an aspen leaf when you come
out at the performance.
So went out when night came, the
upper part of my body covered with thin
silk vest. 1t was cold, anyway, and 1
trembled abominably. He saw it, but
said nothing to me. l held the apple on
my extended hand, and it shook. could
feel it shaking and felt ashamed, but l
couldn't control the nervousness.
turned away my head; he made few
rapid feints, and knew by the applause
that the apple had fallen.
didn't feel the blade at all as it cut
through. Then l knelt down, and he
put another apple on my neck. l knew
this was really dangerous, for if his hand
slipped he might decapitate me. 1 shut
my eyes. In a second, which seemed an
hour to me, felt thin cold line touch
my neck, and there was more applause.
In that instant thought of Nine. Roland
and the guillotine, and came near faint
ing.
He told me to get up and I followed
him, feeling rather dazed, to the dressing
room. l thought l must be cut, the
touch of the steel had been so plainly felt,
but the looking glass showed me that
there was not mark on me. But / was
awfully pale, The next night we got
regular man to hold the apples.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

A HEATED HAY NOW.

When the NOW is found to be heating
some recommend making deep holes near
together in the NOW by thrustinga a sharp,
ened pole from the top downward and
putting few handfuls of salt into each
cavity. The safest method, however,
is to remove the hay to some scaffold,
which will bring it to the air, and the
sooner it is done the better. If there is
not barn room to put it on scaffold
pitch it into the rack and stack it out OF
doors few days if the weather is dry.
If the stack is well made and the top is
covered with hay caps it will stand heavy
rain storms with but little injury. After
remaining in the stack few days 1t can
be returned to the NOV again when the
sun is shining, and will give no further
trouble. .-StoclmaR.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
The Weight of the Whale.

Nilsson remarks that the weight of the
great Greenland or right whale is 100
tons, or 220, 600 pounds, equal to that of
lightweight elephants or 440 bears.
The whalebone in such a whale may be
taken at 1850 pounds and the oil at from
140 to 170 tons. The remains of the
fosil whale which have been found on
the coast of Ystad, in the Baltic, and
even far inland in Wangapanse, Wester-
gothland betoken whale which, al
though not more than between fifty and
sixty feet in length, must at least have
had a body twenty-seven times larger and
heavier than that of the common or right
whale.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
Biggest Gun in the World.

A cast steel gun weighing 235 tons has
just been shipped by Messrs. Krupp from
Hamburg for Cronstadt. The caliber OF
the gun is thirteen and one-fourth inches,
the barrel is forty feet in length, The
range of the gun is over eleven miles,
and it will fire two shots per minute,
each shot costing between $3.50 and
$1,000. At the trials of the gun held in
the presence of Russian officers at Mep.
pen, the range of the Essen firm, the
proiectile, four feet long and weighing
1900 pounds, and propelled by a charge
of 700 pounds of powder, penetrated
nineteen and one-half inches of armol
and went 1912 yards beyond the target,
The gun is the largest in existence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
Chinese Floating Gardens.

In the month of April a bamboo raft,
ten to twelve feet long and about half as
broad, is prepared, says the China Re
oieD. The poles are lashed together with
iRterstices of an inch between each.
Over this a layer of straw an inch thick
is spread, and then coating two inches
thick of adhesive mud, taken from the
bottom of canal or pond, which receives
the seed. The raft is moored to the bank
in still water, and requires no further at
tention. The straw soon gives way and
the soil also, the roots drawing support
from the water alone. In about twenty
days the raft becomes covered with the
creeper Qpomea reptams), and its stems
and roots are gathered for cooking. In
autumn its small white petals and yellow
stamens, nesting among the round
leaves, present a very pretty appearance.
ln some places marshy land is profitably
cultivated in this manner. Besides these
floating vegetable gardens there are also
foating rice fields. Upon RATS construc-
ted as above weeds and adherent mud
were placed as a flooring, and when the
rice shoots were ready for transplanting
they were placed in the floating soil,
which, being adhesive and held in place
by weed roots, the plants were maintained
in position throughout the season. The
rice thus planted ripened in from sixty
10 seventy in place Of one hundred davs.
The RATS are cabled TO the shore, float
ing on lakes, pools or sluggish streams.
These hoating fields served 10 avert
famines, whether by drought or flood.
When other fields were submerged and
their crops sodden or rotten, these foated
and tiourished, and when a drought pre.
vailed they subsidized with the falling
water and while the soil around was arid
advanced to maturity. Agricultural
treatises contain plates representing rows
OF extensive rice fields moored to sturdy
trees on the banks of rivers OF lakes
which existed formerly in the lscustrins
regions Of the lower Yangstss and Yellow
River,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
FALL PIGS.

Many find it profitable to let the sows
have two litter of pigs, one in the spring,
reasonably early, so that by pushing along
they can be ready for market early in the
fall, and those farrowed in the fall can be
kept growing during the winter and fat.
tened after clover gets high enough to
furnish good feed, says writer in the
hePa6tic. After the weather gets cool
In the fall, and after settled weather be.
gins in the spring, and when grass has
made good start to grow are the best
tunes for fattening hogs, and so far as
possible the breeding should be timed so
that the sows will farrow in the right
season. Pigs in the fall should come
early enough to give them time to make
good start to grow before cold, freez-
ing weather sets in. Your pigs are easily
stunted, and little exposure to severe
cold will often stop their growing. In
order to be profitable hogs must make a
good growth from birth to maturity.
At the start one of the most important
items with fall pigs is to provide them
with dry, warm, comfortable shelter.
To attempt to keep them warm by feed
ing corn will increase the cost so as to
leave little if any margin of profit. With
stock OF all kinds animal heat can be
maintained much more economically by
providing shelter than by feeding corn.
Some corn will be necessary, unless the
shelter provided is considerably above
the average. Corn is one of the very
best materials that can be used to good
advantage all winter. At the same time
1t should not be depended upon entirely.
The pigs will make better growth at
a less cost and keep in better health if a
good variety of food is furnished. Wheat
bran, ground oats, and barley will add
to the value of the ration and are much
better for the development of bone and
muscle than corn, and this is often quite
an item. 1t is possible TO feed too much
corn, keeping even the growing pigs so
fat they will not make as good a growth
as they should. The development OF
bone and muscle is fully as important as
fat. Clover hay should be relished by
the growing pigs as well by the breeding
stock. Artichokes and small, unmarked
able potatoes will add to the variety.
A sufficient quantity should be sup
piled to keep them in good, thrifty con-
dition. No reliable rules as TO quantity
can be given. The best plan is to be
guided by the condition of the hogs.
After cool weather sets in corn can be
made the principal food, using the other
materials to make up "A good variety.
Let them run out whenever the condi-
tion of the weather will admit, but they
should have access TO shelter all the time.
Growing pigs need plenty of opportuni-
ty to exercise, and will thrive better if
confined in close pen. Keep their
quarters clean, use plenty of bedding,
and change it every few days to prevent
it becoming foul. Filth breeds disease,
and it is very important with hogs, as
With other stock, to keep them in good
health.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Which pays most per cent. for the
capital invested, hen or cow2
Add everything to the compost heap
that can be converted into good man
ure.
The quality of hardness should rank
next productiveness in determining the
value of apple trees.
The surest way of getting rid of thistles
is to keep them cut down as close to the
ground as possible.
Glover never ought to be allowed to
get too dry before hauling in; there is
always much waste.
If trees are to be set out in the fall, the
order should be given, the place plowed
and properly manured.
To build q good corn crib make it yer.
min proof underneath, water tight on
top, and with good ventilation at the
sides.
Water the young celery plants with a
solution of pound of saltpetre in twenty
gallons of water. Thin them out if toe
thick, and use only the strong and stocky
plants.
A liberal feeding of pure wheat with
the morning ration tends to benefit egg
production. The sweepings about the
granary can be used in this way very
proftably.
Eggs are very nourishing, and contain
much brain food. They agree with the
most delicate stomach Being in a con.
centrated form, a pound of eggs contain
more nutriment than pound and three
quarters or beef.
The proper size of sitting box for a
Cochin or other equally large bird is
fourteen or fifteen inches square-others
in proportion. The hen must have ample
room and will then be much less likely to
break the eggs when stepping in.
The most intelligent and successful
farmer is the one who looks far ahead.
He so arranges his farm as to be econ
omically worked and then plans his
crops several years ahead. Such man
is almost sure to make good crops and at
the lowest cost.
An excellent way to make a strange
cow feel ''wontedn or contented as pos
sible-and there is money in this to the
dairyman-is daily use of the card and
brush. Such use promotes her comfort,
and very quickly causes her to feel con-
tented with her new master and home.
Minorcas are certainly wonderful lay
ers; in them Leghorns have a rival that
may keep them guessing if they do not
watch. They are also fine for table pur-
poses, dressing very well, and usually fat
and inviting. They are beautiful fowls
in appearance, and altogether they please
all who have tried them.
Professor Robertson, a well-known
dairy authority, says it pays to give from
two to three pounds of bran to each COW
daily, even where pasture is abundant
The best way of giving it is in the shape
of a drink. Place it in a bucket of
water and stir well. If given a half hour
before milking a marked increase of milk
will be observed.
Owing to adulteration of manufactured
lard by unscrupulous dealers, some city
families now purchase it in the leaf, just
as it is cut from the hog. As the usual
price for leaf lard is the same as that for
tried out, the farmer selling it gets full
rates for what if he tried 1t out himself
would be left as scraps fit only for soap
crease or to feed to the fowls,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

Have yous father HAYS you a mothar
Have you son or daughter, sister OF brother
who has not vet taken Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for
the cure OF Coughs Colds, Asthma, Group and
all Throat and lung troublesS II so, wbyi
when sample bottle Is gladly given 20 you
free by any druggist aud the large size costs
only SOC. and 81.
THE total weight Of the greet tthirty-six.inch
telescope at the Lick Observatory is forty tons.
All that zoe can say az TO the merits Of Dob
fore the story It will tell you ttseU Of its own
pevccf quality, II you will give II ono trial.
Don't take imitation. There are lots OF them.
A FLORIDA paper urges the town authorities
10 plant penr trees along the strcets.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06
A New Depnrlure

From ordinary business methods Is made by
the manufacturers Of DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, in guaranteeing this
world-famed remedy to cure all diseases Rris-
ing from arrangements of the liver or stom-
ach, a indigestion. or dyspepsia biliousness
or liver complaint" or from impure blood, as
boils, blotches, pimples, eruptions, scalp dis
ing and kindred ailments. Money paid for
discovery PROM tly returned If, on fair
trial, it don't cure
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

Three Christian japanese recently sailed
from San Francisco to preach the Gospel
among their countrymen on the Sand
wich Islands, who number 5000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

THE parasols carried in the United States
cost S140uO,000 annually.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but use
Dr.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end il.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

Mild, equable climaty, cert ain and abundant
crops. Best fruit grain, grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Full information free. Ad-
dress Oregon m'igrat'n Board. Portland. Ore.
Old smokers prefer ''Tansill's Punch" Cigar.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-06

Facts and imaginations ars not related
any more than angels can be embraced.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
THE SOUL OF A BUTTERFLY.
Rv THOMAS WENTWORTH nIcGINsoN.

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINsoN. Through the held where the brown quails whistle. Over The ferns where the rabbits lie. floats the tremuouS down ot a thistle; k IL the soul oI butterfly? see how they scatter and then aSSemhle Filling The ar while the blossoms fade Del cate atoms that wLir and tremhle
 Tn the SauuC sunlight that skirts the glade. There goes the summers inconStant lover. Drifting and wandering. faint and far; tpN hrwaied bN the upland blower.
 Watched by only the twilight star. August. when thiSteS blossom. See how each K alive with wings, Butterflies seek their souls in Its bosom. Changed thenceforih tO immortal things N Nicholas.  Thts aoru begun February HnerS he ordered of neiFSdeaier. t1i be supplied Inc oce of publication per copy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
4 KENTUCKY COLONEL.
RY OPKE P. READ.

Author or Len t5ansea," Up Terrdptn Rtuer." Etc Oorr RIGHT ISS NY TIE RIGHTS REsERvKp
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-14
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The Dedication Takes Place During
HEAVY Rain.

The Dedication Takes Place During a
Heavy Rain.
WASHINGTON, November 13th.-The ded-
ication of the Catholic University OF Amer
lea took place this morning in a pouring
rain. The ceremonies began with short
address by Cardinal Gibbons, followed by
the chanting of the "Veni Creator Spiritus"
by the students of st. Mary's Seminary and
of ST. Charles College, Baltimore. The
building was then blessed by Cardinal
Gibbons while the choir chanted the mis-
erere."
Shortly after II o'clock Most Rev. Mon
signor Satolli, Archbishop of Lepanto, and
Special Representative of the Pope, began
the celebration of the Pontifcal mass of
the Holy Ghost, assisted by a number of
prominent divines. Right Rev. Bishop
Gilman of Cleveland preached the sermon
during the celebration nf mass. Rev.
Father Fidelis James Kent StoDe), Su-
perior of the Order of PassIonists in Brazil,
addressed an overflow of the audience in
one of the large lecturerooms. A large
part of the ceremonies had to be omitted
on account of the inclement weather. A
cold, drizzling rain fell during the greater
part of the day. The formal procession
around the structure was abandoned. The
ceremony of blessing the building was per-
formed by the Cardinal passing through
the corridors. preceded by scolytes, bearing
lighted tapers. The exterior and interior
decorations were elaborate and national
colors predominated in everything. Masses
of cut flowers, palms and other foliage
plants, occupied every available space,
while flags, both large and small, were