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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
4 Hnrnoon In a Whnle,s plubber.

There has just been received at the
National Museum, in Washington, to be
placed in the fisheries section, an interest
ing souvenir Of the Arctic whale fishery
which Captain j. w. Collins, the superin-
tendent of that department, greatly
prizes. It is an old-fashioned, hand
nodded swivel harpoon, which has quite
q story, as CLEANED from the papers ac-
companying it.
While in the Okhotsk Sea last summer,
the ship Cape Horn Pigeon, commanded
by Captain l.. Nathan Rogers, captured
a whale, in the blubber of which was i'm
bedded foreign substance. On investi-
cation this proved to be harpoon, broken
off at the junction with the lance, which
had been in the whale over thirty years.
On the hinge of the harpoon was stamped
in plain letters rs. II. D."-ship Thomas
Dickerson-and the name of the maker,
not so plain, could also be made out.
This was the first and only messenger
from the good ship Dickerson, which
sailed from New Bedford, Mass, in 1856
and was lost the next year in the very
waters where the crew of the Cape Horn
Pigeon secured the harpoon thirty-two
years later.-NeD York Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
THE ROSE BUG.

The rose bug is hard insect to fight,
and we have had no practical occasion
to experiment with it in the work of the
Botanical Division of the United State,
Department of Agriculture. The OLD
method was to knock the insect from the
foliage or fruit into pan of kerosen,
and water. This, however, is very slow
work and not practicable on large scale.
At River Edge, N. j., they found last
season that a mixture of pyrethrum and
water made very excellent liquid to
spray upon the vines. 1t destroyed all
of the insects which it touched and seemed
also to have preventive action. The
proper proportions can only be obtained
by further experiment. Colonel Pearson,
of New Jersey, has also found that the
original fungicide mixture of sulphide Of
copper and lime and water sprayed upon
grape vines has both q poisoning and
deterring effect upon the rose bug. Thi.
insect is one which hope to have good
series of experiments made upon with 8
view of determining just what is best tc
be done.-ProtssSor O.. Y. Riley, in tn
American Ag1icuIturiSt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
His Bald Head Won Him Samoan Wife

In the book of Mrs. Laulii Willis, the
Samoan woman, whose husband con-
tractor left Alameda several days ago and
has since been missing, occurs the follow
ing quaint story of how she fell in love
with her husband:
"The first thing l saw when we went
alongside the ship was white man with
a bald head. That looked very funny to
me, as i had never seen a bald-headed
man before. He was real fat and nice look
ing, but he did not have any hair on his
head; and 1 got my brother, who could
talk English, to ask him just as soon as
we got aboard, where was all the hair
that belonged on his head. And the
white man told him that he lived in
California, and they did not have any
cold weather there, but had what they
called glorious climate and the
climate had taken all the hair off his
head. We got very well acquainted, and
l liked him, because when another white
man kept talking to me this one with
the bald head quarrclled with him and
knocked him down so he should not
bother me. - Oakland Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
RAISING TURKEYS.

The turkey under domestication is ,
difficult bird to raise, and requires grea
care and constant attention for the first
lowed to wander out with her brood int
the wet grass in the morning or afte
showers, the chicks are very likely t,
take cold and die. The young bird
should be confined in pen or coop unit
they are strong enough to bear the ia
tigue of wandering about the field. Fol
the first day after the chicks are hatched
,Aey should not be fed or disturbed. Ii
the eggs hatch irregularly, then the first
chicks to come out should be removed
and fed when twenty-four hours old, and
returned to the nest when all the eggs
are Matched. The first food should be
stale bread, moistened with milk or water
When a few days old corn meal, cooked
rice and similar food may be given, but
only in such quantities as the chicks will
eat up clean each time they are fed,
which should be at least four times day.
s.ice on turkeys and chickens are readily
destroyed by scattering flowers of sui
phur in the nests where the mother
broods them. In setting a hen turkey a
tablespoon of sulphur should always be
thrown in the nest at the time of giving
the bird the eggs, and this will prevent
lice breeding on the old bird or infesting
the chicks. In regard to employing com,
mon barnyard fowls as mothers for tur
keys authorities differ. Some claim thai
the hen turkey is never so good mother
as the hens of our ordinary barnyarc
fowls, on account Of her natural roaming
habits, while others are quite as pro
nounced in her favor. But as the eggs
of our barnyard fowls hatch in from
eighteen to twenty-ono days, while thOs
of the turkey in from twenty-six t.
thirty, there is danger of the common
hen abandoning her nest at the end o
her natural period of incubation Of thre
weeks. The Brahmas, Cochins AM
similar large and heavy breeds of fowl
are usually large enough to sit month
necessary, and for this reason make yer
good mothers for turkeys. Yor
! Sun,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
TIE SIZE oF APPLES.

The size of apples is more important
consideration than is sometimes thought
A very large apple is not desirable, nor i
very small one likely to be demanded
unless it has some very decided merit
as with the lady apple or some of thu
crabs used for decoration, or making I
superior conserve. An apple that unoo1
good culture is of full medium size, will
other things being equal, be the mos
profitable to the grower, because th,
most satisfactory to buyers either as deal
ers OF consumers. Two serious objections
exist to very large apples-the loss in
Cured by defect or injury of a singl,
fruit and the difficulty of disposing OF
them about the person, in pockets or 9th
erwise. No dealer likes to handle a very
large apple, unless some particular beauty
or excellence enables him to get a very
large price for it.-Ne'o York. Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
The Moods of n River.

Flint River, Ga, like human being,
appears to have its moods. Now 1t will
be all brightness and sunshine, its placid
waters scarce seem to be moving, but in
its quiet, crystal depths the lordly mag.
nolias along its banks are reflected, and
the wild fowl plume their feathers over
its mirror like surface Again, it looks
dark and angry. The water, OF yell
lowish red color, resembles the complex
ion of a choleric man with his bile all
stirred up. On it dashes, resistlessly bear
ing along great waves of foam, where it
has fretted over the rocks, or the limbs
of forest monarchs which it has angrily
uprooted and torn away, as worried by
up-country rains it has overhowed its
banks and swept all before it.--Attaatd
Constitution.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
Rirds and the Insects They Destroy.

The following birds are to be classed
among the most helpful kinds in the gem
eral warfare against insects Robins (cut,
and other earth worms), swallows, night
hawks, purple martins moth catcherQ ;
pewees Striped cucumber bugs, wood
thrushcs and wrens (cut worms), cat birds
(tent caterpillar, meadow larks, wood
peckers, crows (wire worms); blue
throated buntings (canlSer worms), black,
rod-wingod birds, jays, doves, pigeons
and chippies (strawberry pests; quails
(chinch bugs, locusts), whip-poor-wills
(moths); hawks, all night birds, owls,
ETC., tanagers and black winged summer
red birds (curculios); nut crackers, fly
catchers, chimney swifts, indigo birds,
chipping and song sparrows, blackbirds,
moclling birds, titmouses, vireas, orchard
orioles
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
An Underground Canal 16 Miles Long.

"The strangest canal in the world, "
said an English clergyman ''is one l
never saw mentioned in any book or
newspaper. 1t is a canal 16 miles long,
between Worsley and st. Helens, in the
North of England, and is underground
from end to end. In Lancashire the coal
mines are very extensive, half the coun-
try being undermined, and many years
ago the Duke of Bridgewater's managers
thought they could save money by trans
porting the coal underground instead of
on the surface So the canal was con-
structed, the mines connected and drained
at the same time. Ordinary canal boats
are used, but the power is furnished by
men. On the roof of the tunnel arch are
cross pieces, and the men who do the
work of propulsion lie on their backs on
the coal, and push with their feet against
the cross bars on the roof. Six or eight
men will draw a train of four or FIVE
boats, and as there are two divisions in
the tunnel, boats pass without difficulty.
- Globe DAmAcrat
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
WISE WORDS.

Worry kills more men than wars.
Experience gets there every time.
Great men can outgrow nicknames.
, Never borrow money to speculate
with.
Be cheerful. ga light heart lives
long"
In discussing business disagreements
keep cool.
Avoid law and legal squabbles OF
every kind.
No man is free who has vice fol
his master.
A man should maintain his integrity
at all times.
Spend less nervous energy each day
than you make.
Shun bad company and the prevalent
vices of the day.
Don't hurry. 'sToo swift arrives as
tardy as too slow"
The truest end of life is to know the
life that never ends.
Stills are no better in conversation
than in foot race.
Folly must hold its tongue while wear
ing the wig of wisdom.
1t is easy to find reasons why other
folks should be patient.
When poverty comes in at the cottage
door true love goes at it with an axe.
Never loan a borrowing friend moro
than you are able to lose if he cannot pay,
and never take loan on importantly.
Acquire knowledge. 1t is only en-
lightened men who hold their own with
the surging masses who throng the road
of riches.
Make all the money you can and do all
the good you can with it, remembering
that he who lives for himself alone lives
for the meanest man in creation.
A work is a trifle so light and frai
that the foam upon the river, the dew
drop on the rose, or a blush that tinges
a girls fair cheek, will live far longer
Love in its varied phrases can ac
quire purity or dignity only wher
guided by inward power over our
selves; that is in itself the very germ
Of nature.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND NNNbhAN ANVAfASs
Little pigs are said to thrive well on
oats fed whole.
Only the purest and best salt should be
used in the dairy.
A rubbiug-post is one of the essentials
of every COW pasture.
+ Farmers report that horses like ensilage
and hogs do well on it.
If a shower drives you out of hay
field, start the cultivator.
1t is poor economy to have dull blade
in the harvest or hay field.
If you plant celery choose a piece of
low ground somewhat damp.
The question is disguised whether it is
necessary to weight the silo or not.
Condiments such as red pepper, ginger,
etc, should be fed sparingly to fowls.
Honestly strive to make your home,
field and garden the best in the world.
Cut the grass before it is too ripe. You
. will get more milk from the hay it
makes.
An Illinois farmer of large experience
recommends bailing hay direct from the
winrow.
Pigs should have an opportunity to
range the fields. A pig-pen in summer
is an abomination.
Give the growing chicks a variety Of
food and don't allow them to become
stunted in the first two or three months.
A good housewife never opens a con-
densed milk can with her husbands
razor, nor will loving husband curry
the horse with the nutmeg CRATER.
Ashes and plaster sprinkled on the
leaves when the dew is on, is a common
remedy for the flea beetle, which often
attacks potato vines as well as caulihower
and cabbage plants.
Persons owning bees and not located
near streams of water, are advised by
Massachusetts, PioltghmaR to furnish them
fresh water daily, as it will save time,
which to the bee means honey and to
the person means money.
Though some recommend chemicals
for keeping milk sweet, we know of
nothing that is so good as thorough
aeration as soon as drawn and then rapid
cooling to As degrees or so degrees.
Keep it as near this temperature as
possible.
Silos are not lined with building paper
simply to exclude frost. To have the
silage perfect it is necessary that the silo
be as nearly air-tight as possible. The
lining is to aid in securing this, so is es
sential in the South as well as the North
ern States.
Professor Fernald, of the Massachusetts
Station, mentions that method of som,
value in fighting the grape-leaf hopper
which develops its wings in that Stat,
the last of July or first of August, is t.
carry lighted torches through the vine
yard at night, beating the vines light,
mt the same time. The insects will b.
attracted to the light as they fly from tn
disturbed vines and perish in the flames
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
A Rnnann Eating Horse.

An Italian in Boston, who had stationed
himself close by the entrance to the circus
grounds, that he might more easily dis
pose of the fruits which he had to sell,
became SO interested in the appearance of
two Turks who had escaped from the
grounds, and had been strolling about the
Back Bay, that he forgot all about the
wagon load of bananas which were beside
him, until he turned suddenly and OBJ
served horse attached TO an express
wagon calmly eating from the stock Of
bananas as if they had been placed there
for his especial benefit. The spectacle
CT a horse eating bananas was so amusing
70 the bystanders that they didn't call
the owners attention to it, but when the
Italian who owned the fruit, and the
Hibernian who drove the horse, began to
argue with each other, there was more
excitement than was heard inside the cir
Gus tent.-B9st0n 1fageier.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
WHY TTIREsH THE OATS?

Few thinking farmers are so behind
time as not to know the value of bright
oat-straw for fodder. Nevertheless thest
men, good calculators generally, go OF
threshing the oat crop and separating
grain from straw and then feed both tC
the same animals, as if they thus i'm.
proved the feed Is not the work on the
farm hard enough without this useles!
labor2 The custom is relic of the past,
and surely the day is not distant wher
farmers will as soon think of hulling oats
for feeding on the farm us of thrcshing
them. Oats for sale will doubtless still
be threshed, although incline to the be
lief that many sheaf- oats will be pressed
like hay, having their heads all toward
the middle of the bale. This will apply
particularly to local trade.
All stock eat sheaf-oats with avidity,
and they constitute nearly perfect food
Run through fodder-cutter and moist
encd, they become, with addition of S
little meal, bran or cottonseed, a good
ration for milch-cows, and the hardest.
working team-horses keep sleek and fai
on the diet. Why should not farmer
everywhere place the crop, Immediately
on hauling it from the field, in vermin.
proof bays or barns, or, better still, il
mouse proof stacks (Which are so easily
arranged), there to remain till fed2 TIL,
time usually consumed in threshing oati
for the farm stock could be proftably
used in vacations, freed from care and la.
Dor, and perhaps in visiting other farms
and learning from other farmers meth
ods.-Neto York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
THE UTILITY OF w1NpM11s.

Why is not the power of the wind
more often made available on farms for
doing light work2 The windmill has
long been useful and in many localities
has been synonymous with corn or flour
mill, cheaply grinding the farmers grain
and adapting itself automatically to tho
changeful breezes. And now that these
engines have been greatly improved they
seem to be vanishing out of use. This is
to be deplored. For the light work Of
pumping water, cutting fodder, grinding
grain, shelling corn, thrashing, cutting
up ensilage, or cutting iirewood, wind
mill may repay its cost at least once
every year, and with careful usage may
last forty or fifty years, or be replaced
piecemeal, as it wears, in that time, and
then be as good as new. A windmill at
tached to barn or silo is an evidence
of good sense, thrift, and responsibility
of the farmer who owns it, and is to be
preferred before great many of those
other things over which farmers waste
money uselessly.-Ne,o York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
A HINT TO oannAer enowrns.

! As cabbages increase in growth by the
heading process they have a tendency
sometimes to split open, which very
greatly diminishes the value of the head
AS remedy, Mr.. J. j. Gregory, the noted
market gardener and scotsman of Marble
head, Mass, recommends going over the
ground and starting the cabbages that
appear to be nearly manure, tipping them
to one side. He says this tends to in
crease the size of the cabbage heads and
prevents their bursting. 1t is certainly a
very simple operation, and one well
worthy of trial.-NeD Yorb Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21


Outside of Ireland, Russia and Germany
produce the finest flax, and Germany
spins and weaves the finest linen in the
world; and Russia's and Germany's
climate and soils for raising, and streams
stepping flax, are precisely identical with
those in vast portions of our own country.
A million acres of fax more than is
now grown should annually be produced
in the United States. This would yield
14,000, 900 bushels of seed, worth as
many million dollars for seed and oil.
From it $500, 900 tons OF fax straw,
worth $50, 900, 900, would be secured ,
and from it 500, 900 tons of flax fibre
worth 800, 900, 900 would be obtained
Aside from this increase in value of agri-
cultural product, the inestimable blessing
of the employment of more than quarter
million people in the manufacture of this
product into marketable goods, would
also result. 1t would seem to any reason
able mind that this is matter worth
thinking about in America. The practi-
cal results are all shown in Belfast. This
city of more than $50, 900 souls, the
third for customs in the United Kingdom,
is, with her magnificent industries,
wholly a result of flax growing and linen
spinning and weaving. York Com
mercial Aarertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
Concerning The Grow.

The habits of the crow form an inter
estiug subject for the study of the orni-
thologist. The crow has larger brain
than most birds, and all his energies are
directed toward procuring food. Crows
will destroy the nests of quail and other
birds, taking the young from the nests
in the absence of the old birds. The
favorite food of young hawks is frogs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

A barn burned south of Charlottesville,
Ind, the other day. Near it was pond
stocked with carp, and the fire heated the
water so that the fish leaped out of the
water on to the bank at point furthest
from the burning building willie trying
to escape from the excessive heat Gin
cianati Enquirer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

Five cents saved on soap; five dollars lost on
rotted clothes. Is that CcOnomy2 Taere is not
8 cents difference between the cost of a bar of
the poorest soap made and the best, which is as
all know, Dobbins's Electric.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

And 100 men to call daily on any druggist for
a free trial package o, Lanes Family Medi-
cine, the great root and herb remedy, discov-
cred by DIR. Silas Lane while in the Rocky
Mountains For diseases of the blood, liver and
kidneys it is positive cure. For cons L. alton
and clearing up the complexion 1t does Won
ders. Children like it. Everyone praises it.
Large-size package, 70 cents. At all drug
agfaf
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

Our Girls.
Kitty is witty,
Nettie is pretty,
Lutte is cute and small;
Irene is a queen,
Annette Is n pet,
Nell Is the belle of tee ball;
Diantha is W, nlthy,
Bertha is healthy,

Perfect health keeps her rosy and radiant,
beautiful and blooming, sensible and sweet.
1t is secured by wholesome habits aud the use
of Dr. Pierce's Favorit5 Prescription. Bertha
takes il, and she also takes the cake" The
only guaranteed cure for those distressing all
ments peculiar TO women. Satisfaction or
your money returned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
A School of the Highest Order for YounE
Ladies'.

Ingham University, lie Roy, n. Y, estab-
lished over Il ,ty years, offes superior advan-
tages in its Literary, Music and Art Depart
ments. Excellent home. Attention given TO
social culture. Rates moderate. Send for
catalogue. Address Miss r. NJ. Webster,
Drinninnl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

Iowa stands third in the number of its
horses, having over a million, valued at
$74, 100000.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

ANNIE DAVIS, of Mansfield, Ohio, committed
suicide because she didn't take prize at
school
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

For Constipation or Sick Headache, use Dr.
Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One dose.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

THE Bible Society has issued, up to date,
total o. nearly b0OgO,0O0 Bibles.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

A vein of humor should be made visi-
BILE without the aim Of a reduction mill,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
100 Ladies Wanted,

NEW railroad Is to be run from point on
the Missouri River to the Pacific coast.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21
THE Auditorium Building at Chicago is sew
enteen stories and about 200 feet high.

What in the world is the use Of sitting
around waiting for something TO turn Up
You might just as well sit down in the meadow
and wait for the COW to come up to be MIXED.
Get up and shake yourself and make up your
mind to turn up something. II you have moth
ing definite in your mind, then write to b. T.
johnson a. Co, Richmond, Va, and they will
tell you thing or two that Will make you
jump for joy.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

1fah1icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thom p
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at &c. per bottl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-08-21

A pocket mirror free to smokers of Tan
silrs Punch" &C. Cigar.
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