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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
TREATMENT OF MICH COWS.

Nearly every dairy has its quotum of
kicking cows, and every COW in the land,
says George E. Newell in the american
Agriculturist, is liable to switch her tail
across a mixers face during fly time.
The human irritation aroused thereby re-
butts on the herd to its positive injury.
There are two classes of kicking COVE
those habitually inclined that way,
like balky horse, and those that only
use their rear hoofs in an offensive man
ner to resent fancied or real provocation.
Nothing but the gentlest and kindest
treatment should rule in the dairy; so,
to cure COW of this disagreeable habit,
a brusque manner should be avoided. To
milk an lnveterate kicker, treat her as
you would a heifer. Give her no chance
whatever to use her heels. Put a broad
strap around her hind legs over the gam
brels, and. drawing them snugly together,
buckle it tight. Place her in a stanchion
next to the wall, and from a ring in the
latter let a long strap depend, which,
after passing around her right flank,
draw taut to the stanchion braces near
her head. The COW is then practically
helpless so far as any vicious manifesto
tions are concerned. Sit down quietly
to milk her, and speak soothingly and
reassuringly. If the COW struggles to
free herself, calm her fears with a gentle
pat of the hand and a persuasive tone of
voice. Milk her in the same place and
under the same restraint day after day,
and in a few weeks OF months she can
be cured of kicking. The meekest cows
sometimes temporarily contract the habit
of kicking in defense Of abuse from some
senseless mixer. Treat them impassion-
ately and be perfectly indifferent to their
tendency to be light heeled. In a very
short time they will be permanently
cured. If cows switch their caudal ap.
pendages in your face in an attempt tC
brush off flies, don't amputate the offend
/ ing members, as some do, but affix to the
side of the milking stool short strip Of
tough wood, divided by a spring slit
after the manner of a strictured clothes
pin. Have the opening of the shit turned
backward and Into it; when sitting dowI
to milk draw the, brush of the cows tail
Cows tails should never be cut Off as j
is a wicked brutal custom, depriving tn
animal of its means of self-defense agains
insects. Humanity and kindness go a
far in making dairy profitable as pqtri
tious food,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
LEAKS ON THE FARM.

The leaks in the roofs of the farm build.
ings are not all that many farmers have
to contend with. We see many farmers
buying high-priced implements, and
when through using them for the season
leaving them where last used, either in
furrow or in the stubblefeld, until
wanted the next spring, and losing val
liable time in going to the shop for re-
pairs, or, what is worse, going to the
store for new ones. Have a place or
shelter for every machine, and when the
hired help or the owner himself is
through using, put it in the place as
signed for it. Some will say that takes
time To be sure it does; but is it
not better to have tools that are fit to
use at any time than it is to stop the team
when busy to go to town to get them
fixed and thereby cause a leak in the
poeketbook2 Again, many will keep
scrub stock and breed from year after
year because the owners of the blooded
stock ask too high price for the service
of their stock. Then, you may see, on
riding through the country, dilapidated
buildings, and the owner will say he is
not able to repair them, but on inquiry
you will find that he will spend enough
money for whisky and tobacco to keep
them in good repair. Another leak is
the hiring of cheap help, mere eye SER
wants, and leaving them to the work,
while the proprietori is in town talking pol;
ihcs or sitting on the fence discussing
neighborhood gossip with some one as
shiftless as himself. These are but a few
of the leaks that might be mentioned,
forpages might be filed in enumerating
the things, both small and great, that
keep the farmer plodding along, always
in debt and eternally growing about hard
times. Western PloDmda.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
SELECT sIFTINes.
The total length of submarine cables
is 130, 066 miles.

The total length of submarine cables
is 1870, 066 miles.
House servants cannot be had in Pue.
bio, Col, for less than $50 or $S5 a
month, and they are scarce at that figure.
Frances production and consumption
of milk amount every year to 1850, 900, -
600 gallons, which is three times in ex-
cess of the production of wine.
Henry Merritt, of Franklin County,
Me-, was peering into stone wall for =
woodchuck. The animal saw him first
and bit off the end of his nose.
The bug eaters is a term applied TO
the inhabitants of portions of Nebraska,
where the country is so poverty-strioken
that travellers wonder how the natives
survive.
The greatest depth of the ocean is
some miles away from the mouth of the
Rio dc la Plata, where bottom is reached
at depth of 40, 236 feet, or seven and
three-quarter miles.
2. NJ Mathews, Minneapolis million
aire, visited Butte, Montana, recently,
and went to an opium joint out of curl
osity. He smoked twelve opium pipes,
and died in a few hours.
Reports of towns with short names are
increasing in number. In the Chinese
Province of Ho-nan there is a city called
U; and in France there is a river and in
Sweden a town having the name of A.
The landing of the German pilgrim
fathers will be celebrated in Philadelphia.
FAM Daniel Pastorious, the leader and
the founder of Germantown, came to this
country with his associates as early as
1888.
At colliery at Carmyle, within two
miles of Glasgow, Scotland, twenty -one
miners were imprisoned by shaft falling
in, but they were all rescued by means of
the underground connections with anoth-
er pit belonging to the same firm.
The skin of the whale is from two
inches to two feet in thickness. The
thickest skinned quadruped is the rhin-
ocerous. Its hide is so tough as to resist
the lions claws. The ball of an old
fashioned musket will not penetrate it.
IL 10 SldNCtl III blC IOuSSlhu pdpGTs ludJ
new professorships in the Japanese,
Corean and Hindustani languages have
been founded at the University of st.
Petersburg, and that the course of stud
les in these subjects will begin next ses-
sion.
Very few persons are aware that Paris
has big elm which is 130 feet tall and has
circumference near its base of eight
cen feet. 1t is healthy and vigorous. 1t
was planted by Sully by order of Henry
| w., who placed an elm in front of every
church in Paris.
The Car of Russia is making a collec
ton of postage stamps, and is prepared t.
pay any price for such as he may want H,
lately bought defaced stamp of British
Guiana, dated 1854 for 925 francs, anC
an unused specimen of the same staml
for 1850 francs $3.50.
One of the latest social innovations
says an English paper, is the female but
Ter, parlor maid in livery. A good
looking girl in livery of dark blue
green and gold, or scarlet and whit
looks very smart, and the waiting is, as
rule, done more quietly and deftly thai
by man. This opens out new field o
employment for women.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
HIS Grandpa Got Even.

at is hard to fix the exact date when
a man forgets that he ever was boy,
but it is usually about the time his oldest
sons two boys get big enough to cut up
and be sassy to their gran'ther. That
was the time my grandfather forgot, !"
said man on the row the other even
ing to Washington Post reporter, my
brother Lew and myself used to go to an
uncle up in Bucks County where the old
gentleman lived, He was nearly eighty,
weighed over two hundred, walked
heavily with a cane and was the crossest
man l ever saw. His particular delight
was in whacking us boys with his cane
when we got within reach, and running
us down to the .neighbors.
"'Them boys o. Lewis's air leetle
the wust, most wuthless cubs ever seen,
he would say.
"We had pet coon. 1t was funnier
than a cageful of monkeys. One day it
got into the old gentleman's early vege-
table garden and dug up some cucumber
vines. He caught it by the chain and
broke its back with his cane. We had
to have revenge, 1t was plain case OF
murder. That coon was in our eyes more
of human being and good deal more
of Christian than he was. Gran'ther
had a habit of going down to the
meadow and sitting on the top rail OF
the fence to watch the men make hay.
We sawed his pet rail half through and
loosened the rider stakes. When he
sat down the whole business gave away
and he went over into big briar patch.
My aunt put in a half day picking
splinters out of him. We were hustled
off out of sight for week while he spread
over the town his version of our attempt
upon his life.
'Eyery evening the old fellow would
sit in the chimney nook, and sip pint
of hot rum and water. At o'clock my
aunt and uncle would each take a side
and help him off to bed. He snored like
distant thunder. If he were touched he
would stop snoring for a half hour. Oul
room was on the same floor. One night
couldn't stand his terrible roof
raising racket. So 1 got up, found {
ball of twine, unrolled a hundred feet
made slipnoose in one end and fastened
it to the old gentleman's big toe, carrying
the free end to my own room. Thel
jumping into bed, when gran 'ther snoreC
| gave the string a tug and he would
stop. 1t was very funny.
81 felt quite pleased at my invention
Gran 'ther was an early riser. He WOKE
up next morning about 5 o'clock and
found the string tied to his toe. He go
his cane and went on the trail. II lee
to my room, and the other end wa
knotted to my wrist.
'Whack, whack, whaek, whackp
81 got at least a dozen good blows al
over my eyes and body before l coult
wake and escape from the bedclothes sn'
that hardwood cane, Twas covered witt
black and blue welts for a week, and tn
old gentleman was happy for at leas
three days. "
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

Young pullets ought oil 10 be laying this
month. Later Matched ones II not laying by
December, viii probably, II left TO them
selves not lay before spring when eggs are
down to 10 cents per dozen. Therefore get
the pullets TO laying early when prices are
highest. Rev. s. w. Squires, Of Franklin,
Mass, says; "Last winter for twelve hens
! used four large cans of Sheridan's Con-
dition Powder. believe II is the best pre-
paration known to increase egg production.
| saved part of the eggs for Matching after
forcing the hens four months for all they
were worth with the Sheridan's Powder, and
/ never had greater per cent. of fertile eggs
or more vigorous chickens. do not believe
/ can afford TO be without the Powder to
give health and vigor TO young hens" Six
cans of Sheridan's Powder will pay good
dividend in eggs. l. S. johnson " Co., %
Custom House Street, Boston. Mass. (the
only makers of Sheridan's Condition Powder),
will send for 80 cents, two packs Of Powder;
for s1.00 Ave packs; for 81 30 a large 2 x can,
postpaid; six cans for $500, express prepaid.
A copy Of the best Poultry paper for 3 cents.
Send stamps or cash
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
Animals Recognize Pictures.

Thirty years ago, says a correspondent
at Oxford, England, l was staying at
Langley, near Chippenham, with a lady
who was working a large screen, on which
she depicted in raised" work Gas it was
then called) life-sized cat on a cushion.
The host, sportsman now dead, was
much struck with the similarity to life of
the cat, so he fetched his dog (alas! like
too many of the species) cat-hater.
The animal lnade dead set at the
(wooD cat, and, but for the master clutch
ing him by the collar, the cushion would
have been torn into atoms. related this
tale lately in Oxford, and my hearer told
me thata friend in the Bevington road
had Just painted bird on a fire-screen
and her cat flew at it, My own dog,
Scaramouch Ia pet of the Duke of Albany S
in his under graduate days., disliked
being washed, and when l showed him a
large picture of child scrubbing fox
terrier in a tub, he turned his head away
ruefully and would not look at his brother
IN adversely.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
nrunr ana IN TEE srAnLEs.

Now that horses will be stabbed at
night, or should be, the most perfect
cleanliness should be observed. The
floors, If Of wood, should be frequently
drenched with water, and then sprinkled
with finely ground gypsum plaster), by
which the strong, pungent odor common
to stables will be neutralized and alb
sorbed This strong odor of ammonia,
which often pains the eyes and nostrils Of
a man, is exceedingly injurious to horses.
1t rots leather and corrodes varnish, and
what must be its effect on the eyes and
lungs of the horses confined in it during
whole nightsi Foul air promotes CLAN
ders, farcy, blindness, influenza, pneu-
monis, heaves, all common diseases of
horses; and the acrid manure in which
horses are compelled to stand causes not
only this injurious vapor but rots tho
hoofs and irritGtes the skin.--Amaioan
AgricUltWist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
Brainy But BashfuI.

Hanover, Mich, has most peculiar
and eccentric young man. He is so bash.
full that he does not speak to his nearest
peighbors, and he win go miles out Of his
way to avoid meeting a young lady. A
few years ago his parents sent him to
school; he attended only three days be-
cause twenty young ladies surrounded
him at the school house and teased him
till he nearly tainted. He took his books
home that night and has never been in
side of a school-room since. Yet this
young man has taken prize after prize for
plans for public buildings and is a first
class mechanic. Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam gives Thou
sands of Bottles away yearly2 This mode OF
advertising would prove ruinous II the Balsam
was not a perfect cure of Coughs and all
Throat and Lung troubles. You will see the
excellent effect after taking the first dose.
Don't hesitatel Procure n bottle to-day to
keep in your home or room for immediate or
future use. Trial bottle free at all druggists.
Large size 50c. and 81.
FRANCE has 81, ,l5o public schools and $780,
600 pupils.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
VARIOUS BREEDS or SHEEP.


Having bred various breeds of sheep,
says writer in Breeders Gazette, a little
experience on paper may be of use to
somebody. My experience has been in
Central Ohio, with the exception of a
few loads sent into Texas, to which l do
not care to allude. l commenced with
fine woods, and wishing to improve the
stock, bought of the Vermont sheep
called Spanish merinos. After engaging
in that fine class of sheep 1 was never rid
of the foot-rot until l got rid of the
sheep. Afterward the Cotswold came
into vogue, and little importation from
Canada made themselves very pompous
for year or two. They were big, fat
fellows, but in n year or two some OF
them began to dwindle, and after that
they never could recover, and dwindled
down to nothing. tried crossing them
with blackfaces and they did better. /
have tried Southdowns, which seem to
do well, and are an excellent mutton
sheep. Their wool is short and FOX
keeping fat easy there is nothing that ex.
GELS them. The Shropshire this season
seems to fill the demand better than the
Southdowns, at least in this locality. A
neighbor has French merinos and seems
to be well satisfied with them. A Shrop-
shire ram happened to get into his flock,
and the result was a few half-breeds,
which the neighbor says are perfect
sheep. Ihave tried crossing Southdowns
and Shropshires with a Hampshire ram
with very satisfactory results. The
Shropshire lamb well treated will weigh
one hundred to one hundred and fifty
pounds at eight months old. A Shrop.
shire fleece will weigh eight to ten
pounds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

The new steel practice vessel that is to
be built for the cadets at the Annapolis
Naval Academy will be of 500 tons dis
placement, and will be fitted with triple
expansion engines that will develop 1900
horsepower with a speed of twelve and
half knots
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

A Chinese custom praotised at San
Francisco is the throwing into the ocean
of thousands of pieces of paper when
friends are about to sail away. Each
paper bears, in Chinese characters, a
prayer. AT a recent sailing the women
sat on the dock and uttered these paper
appeals to the sea gods, the friends on
the steamer doing the same thing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

The Vanderbiits own several farms,
and each one is conducted on strict bust
ness principles and an account kept of
all expenses and income. In this way
turnips are raised at a cost of 50 per
bushel, hay at S65 per ton and oats at
about five times what they can be b~ught
for at the feed stores
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
A COntented People.

"The most contented people saw in
Europe" says an American traveller,
''were the Austrians, and they are the
most intelligent. They have more pub
u libraries than any people in the
world and they have good Government
almost the same as a Republican Gov
eminent. They have a beautiful country
and delightful climate, and they look
happy and contented. %
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

There IA nothing tunless u be the sewing ma
chine) that has lighiened woman's labor rs
much as Dobbins's Electric Soap, constantly
sold since 1894 All grocere have IL Have you
made It's acquaintance2 Try IL
WORK on the new building for tho library OF
Congress at Washington Is maSing rapid pro-
gress.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

American women get new dresses ff-
teen per cent. cheaper in London than
America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20
Don't Waste Your Time

And money experimenting with doubtful
remedies, when DR., Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is SO positively certain in its Gu a.
supplying it to the public, as they are doing
through druggists under a duly executed cer-
titicate Of guarantee that it will accomplish
all it is recommended 10 do, or money paid for
II will be promptly returned. 1t cures torpid
liver, or billousness, indigestion, or dyspepsia,
all humors, or blood taints, rom whatever
cause arising, skin and scalp diseases, scroful-
Gus affections mot excepting consumption, or
lung-scrotulal, II taken in time and given a
fair trial.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

He who waits to do a great good at
once will seldom do any good at all
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

HOW TO GET AN OFFICE BY MERIT,
A Pamphlet ON Civil Service Examinations.
Full Information 25 cents. Also "rhe Civil Service
Law Defense" 81. Pamphlet free. Address
w. IL. CLA r., 4. o. Box 2645, New York City.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

Thousands of cures follow the use Of Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy 80 cents.
The production of soap in England is about
1900 tons per week
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-20

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit grain, grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Fun Information free. Ad-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-28

RECENTLY the remains of Gov.
John Sewer were removed from
north Alabama and reinforced at
Knoxville. This grand hero died
in 1916, aud little was found in his
grave save mouldeing ashes, which
being carefully gathered and depos.
tied in an elegant coffin we're trans
ferred to Knoxville and there buried
in the presence of 10000 people.
Ceremonies BETTING the occasion
were held aud Gov. Taylor made
an appropriate and eloquent speech
rccounting The advancements OF tie
deceased. No figure is more prom
inent in early Tennessee history and
no states man or warrior ever achiev-
ed greater success under such al
verse circumstances The hero of
thirty-nine battles he never lost one.
HIS courage and skill won the bat
tie Of Kings 5iountain; his ingenu-
ity and ceaseless activity toiled the
Indians and destroyed their power;
his daring intrepiditY conceived and
successfully accomplished the de-
struetiOn Of all their ammunition
stored at ChIcamauga and furnished
by the British and prevented an at
tack upon Washington and his
hnfled troops from the south at a
critical moment; and To this great
est of American military heroes we
are indebted for the early aud sue
ceesful termination of the first rev.
olution. We believe John Sewer
accomplished more, all things con
sldered with the means and forces
ut his command than any other sol
dier in American history, and it was
fitting the Legislature should haye
his remains transferred tn the state
he loved so well. Now let suita'
Die monument point out to the
world the last resting place of q
hero, who deserves TO rank with
Caesar or BOnepart as soldier OF
Washington as a patriot.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-28

Rev. Hardin Turner, formerly Of
Lauderdale county, now located at
DancyvilIe, Tenn, Rev. VIM.
NOrment announced that ice cream
was ready to be served. Tables
were soon filed and sail went mer-
ry as a marriage bell. The feast
ing continued until a late hour
when The nroceeds. were counted
aud prnve.i Ia be remunerative
enough to give satisfaction to all
concerned.
MISS Matte Bar6eld, of the firm
of Barfeld & Clinton, Milliners,
has been quite sick but we are
happy to say she is convalescing.
Mrs. M. J. Minter, proprietress
of the Whiteville Hotel, was agree
ably surprised bv a visit from her
son, Prof. T. S. Minter, of Jackson,
this week.
Miss Lucy Newsome, of ViIdo, is
the guest of Mrs. Tedie Nicely, land
lady at the Nicely House.
With my best wisees for your
success, aud trusting that this bit of
correspondence will not interfere
with the letters from Rex" 1 will
close. Should my letter escape
the waste basket, you may hear
aga in from your
WHITEvILLE CORRESPONDENT.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-28
Valley Home School

EDlrORs .RULI. =. int was our
pleas IRE on the Dist inst. to witness
the closing exercises Of Miss Fannie
Moments schOo at HEX DRY Val
ley. The walls were entirely COW
cred with maps executed by the
hands OF the little ones. While
these serve as decorations, they
also stand out The boldest compile
ment that can be paid the teacher
who guided the hands and minds of
the little ones. The exercises con-
sisted Of recitanons, essays and call
islhenic and fan drills. The pro-
gram was lengthy, and executed in
q manner that reflected credh5 upon
teacher and pupil. The recess at
noon was spent in partaking Of the
elegant dinner that was spread on
the grounds. At the close of the
afternoon exercises, Supt. J d. Cas-
selberry entertained the audience
with a pointed and well directed
address to patron and pupil. Miss
Nornent has performed her duties
noblY and faithfully, and can get
the school again. SPECTATOR.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-28

To the ofBeers and Members of Wheel No. $50;
We, your committee on memori-
ais report viz:
WHEREAS, God in his infinite
wisdom saw ft to remove fron us
our worthy brother jackson King,
on the 18th day OF April. 1889, in
the frty-third year OF his age, and
as Brother King was a true wheeler
who paid all dues and assessments
without a murmur and attending
all meeting, finally dying with a
hope in Jesus Christ, processing the
same during his illness; therefore
be 1t
Resolved. That we bow to the will
Of him who doeth all things well.
ResOlUed, That we bear in mem
DRY our brother and wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That we spread these
resolutions on our minutes and that
the clerk send a copy to BoLIvAB
BULLETIN for publication anu send
a CODY of said paper to bereaved
family. Submitted.
GEO. NJ. DoRRIS,
ED. w. ii. JORDAN,
H. III, MILsTEAD.