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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

It is learned from The Brooklyn Eagle that
Colonel Lamont is coming to New-York after the
4th of March Z" 10 open the oyster Of opportunity
with the knife of prestige This surprises u.s.
We were aware that the Colonel WAS to transfer
bis energies to the broad and busy field OF the
metropolis but had understood that he had de
cided to pierce the pie Of success with the fork OF
opportunity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

The suggestion that continental costumes
should be worn at the Centennial Ball to be
given in the Metropolitan Opera House. is well
worth consideration on the part of the Entertain
ment Committee 1t would add greatly TO the
brillancy and effectiveness Of the festivity IL
It should be possible TO have such a regulation
carried out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

We are willing enough 10 shake Bismarclrs
hand, but no should first have the goodness 10
take OF the glove
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

A correspondent signing himself Resident
of Harlem" proposes that the patrons of the eie-
waited roads should unite TO give public di7ner
at Delmonico's as sentiment of affection and
respect TO the official who is said TO have made
away with several thousand dollars belonging to
that company. This is an utterly impracticaole
suggestion because it is not at oil likely that the
invitation would be accepted. 1t is also shock
ing suggestion This particular resident of Har-
lem ought TO be ashamed of his vindictive spirit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

The discovery that twenty children in th'
Soldiers Orphans School at McAllistervile, Penn.
have been temporarily derangcd through lack o
nroper nutrition is shocking Is this the way w
provide for the helpless children of our boys II
blueP
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
FAIL FEEpINe FoR cows.

Time is to be taken by the forelock and
to prepare early for the fall feeding of
COWS is carrying out this wise principle.
When the season is about to end, feed is
usually scarce and poor, because prepara-
lions are not made for it in good time,
and the product of milk falls off at the
very time when it should be kept up for
the winter profit. Once a cow loses milk
it is very difficult, and in many cases, i'm
possible to restore it. Hence, fresh, sue
culent food must be provided for. The
best recourse is IA field Of aftermath, grass
or clover, or pasture which has been re-
served especially for the purpose. 1t may
be too late now to remedy a failure for
the present season, but the warning should
be needed in time for another year Still,
something may yet be done. A planting
of early kinds of sweet corn, sown in
rows eighteen inches apart and three
inches apart in the rows, will very soon
siford very acceptable feed. Millet may
be sown for pasture; oats sown in August
or September will make the best of pas
ture for the carly autumn, and rye will
serve to follow after the carly frosts. If
40 other way can be found, some of the
>est hay, with liberal ration of corn
meal, should be given as soon as the out
door fO.age has become scarce. Later,
the small potatoes may serve as succulent
food along with the hay. Malt sprouts
stepped in water and mixed with cut hay
have increased the milk-yield more than
pasture has done. This food is very
pleasant and palatable to the cows, and
exceedingly nutritious and productive OF
rich milk. 1t can be purchased eheaply
in summer and fall when it is not much in
demand. Bran and shorts have great
value, both as food products and for en-
giching the manure, and cotton-seed meal
fed with care and judgment is valuable.
Apples are worth more TO feed to COWS
Than for cider --AmericaR Agric0tVria,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
MANunfvo ron wnrAT. J'l',''

A good rich soil is essential 20 securing
= good growth and yield Of wheat. II
not naturally rich, farm manure or for
tilizors should be applied in such a man.
ner as to supply The elements required by
this plant. The old way of manuring
was TO either haul out and scatter on the
stubble, or apply after the first blowing
had been given and then turn under. In
either case the manure was plowed under
rather than worked into the soil near the
surface; and, to do this, apply the manure
after plowing taking pains to scatter as
evenly as possible. The work of culti-
waiting and preparing the soil into good
condition will incorporate the manure
sufficiently with the soil. If special
fertilizer is used it should be scattered
broadcast, either just before or at the time
the seed is sown. Drills with fertilizer
attachments can now be secured, so that
the work can be done much better than
by hand.
To grow a yield of twenty bushels of
wheat it will require on an average thirty
one pounds of nitrogen, fourteen pounds
of phosphoric acid, and eighteen pounds
of potash. These are three essential
elements required. If we know what per
cent. of these elements is already in the
soil, and also what is deficient, the
proper proportion can be readily supplied.
Clover, and with it a good dressing of
lime, plowed under, makes good fertili-
yer for wheat. One reason that good re-
suits can generally be secured by using
farm-y yard manure is that all the elements
of plant food are applied
The principal advantages in purchasing
and using commercial fertilizer is, they
increase the growth and yield of the crop,
and by their means, with good manage
ment, the farmer may be able to increase
his supply of farm manure. And, in
many cases it can certainly be used to
an advantage, if the mistake is avoided
of depending entirely upon it as is some
times done when good results are secured
at first. With quite q number of crops
more or less fertilizers can be used, but
it is mistake to depend upon them.
Farm manure must be the principal reli-
ance and other materials be considered
only as aids.-Prairio Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
BALKY HORSES.

The Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals put forth a set of rules
for the treatment of balky horses, which
rules, unfortunately, do not always work.
The best way is to have nothing TO do
with balky horses. But, nevertheless,
some one of these rules, as well as hun
dred others, do work in particular cases.
They are as follows:
1. Pat the horse upon the neck; exam.
inc the harness carefully, first on one side
and then on the other, speaking encour-
agingly while doing so; then jump into
the wagon and give the word go; gen.
orally he will obey.
2. A teamster in Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
MIN out of the shafts and making him 90
around in circle until he is giddy. II
the first dance of this sort doesn't cure
him, the second will.
3. To cure balky horse, simply place
your hand over the horses nose and shut
off his wind until he wants to 90, and
then let him go.
A. The brain of the horse seems to en-.
tertain but one idea at time, therefore
continued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. If you can by any
means give him new subject to think
of you will generally have no trouble in
starting him. A simple remedy is to
take a couple of turns of stout twine
around the fore leg, just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie in bow knot. At the first check he
will generally go dancing off, and after
a short distance you can get out and re-
move the string, to prevent injury to the
tendon in your further drive.
8. Take the tail of the horse between
the hind legs and tie it by cord to the
saddle girth.
8. Tie string around the horses car,
close to the horses head.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
SNAKES AND ToAps.

Why is it that many farmers and gar
deners are bound to kill every toad and
snake they happen to. come across?
Merely because these animals are repul-
sive in appearance2 That should hardly
be a valid reason. Handsome is who
handsome does; and seen from this
standpoint, the ugliest, full-bellied toad,
and the creeping, sliding, wriggling
snake are models of beauty. Both live
largely or entirely on insects. Some
time ago when my hot-bed was overrun
with potato-beetles, tlea-beetles, ETC., one
of the great, ill-looking toads took up
its quarters right there. In a short time
the bed was free from insects of any
description, and the toad was waxing
fat. A few toads in garden will do a
great deal toward Kidding it of cut-worms
and bugs of all kinds, and snakes also
give valuable aid in the same direction.
French gardeners realize this much more
than those of other nationalities do, and
in Paris toads are kept on sale in the
open market and in gardeners supply
stores. 1t is time for American garden
ers to learn the value of the two crea-
lures, and give them aid and shelter in
pay for their services, rather than perse-
cute them in the usual cruel, relentless
and senseless fashion. n.-Fdrps and Hire.
side.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
Queer Inventions.

A genius from Ohio with warlike pro.
clivities, claims to have perfected a
bullet-proof shields. The soldier is sup
posed to carry it before him when in bat.
tie, and is so made that the bullets of the
enemy are expected to glance off The
shields are so formed that they may be
locked together and form breastworks foi
the entire army. The fellow who suffers
from cold is recommended TO procure a
foot-warmer, kindly conceived by q
Hoosier. Two miniature lamps are in.
closed in boxes connected by hollow
tube; midway between the boxes there is
a vent in the tube by which the surplus
heat passes away. The feet rest on the
hollow tube, the lamps supplying the
warmth.
Roger Connor, "Buck" Ewing and
Danny Richardson and other sluggers are
reminded that baseball bats have been
discovered which, the inventor claims,
will materially improve their averages.
The core is bored from the stick, and
metallic Itube inserted. Nuts are screwed
to the ends of the tube. Ballxy horses arc
treated to bandages fastened to wagons
which, kick as they may, they cannot
smash.
1t may not be generally known that
Abraham Lincoln once essayed to become
an inventor. The product of his skill
shows series of bellows-shaped contri.
vances which are supposed to be used to
lift a beached steamer into water OF
proper depth. h.--Neo York Press
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
The Sacred Bird of Siam.

"Ha, Ia, hal Why don't you get
chair to sit down onl"
The voice was rather loud, but not
disageeablc, and the tone somewhat muf-
fled, as Of person half choking with
laughter.
The salutation came to the news gath
crer rs he was on his daily perambulations
about the city, and was traced to a hand
some blue-black bird in a cage hanging
under the shade of fig tree at the resi-
dence of DR.. Gildea, on Sixteenth street,
near IL.
As the reporter approached nearer he
was received with moro laughter and in
quiries as to whether he came to see the
''Mino," if his health was good, etc.
A few inquiries directed to a pleasant
faced lady near by ELECTED the informa-
ton that the bird was the sacred Mino of
Siam, which as a nesting had been
smuggled from the temple where it was
bred by q rowing sea Captain and sold to
DR.. Gildea at Honolulu some eight years
ago.
Minnie, es she is called, is about half
the size of a crow and nearly as black
In the sunlight the feathers take blue
and green tingc, and there is spot of
white upon each wing and necklace of
bright yellow about the throat.
The bill, which is large and strong,
tapers to a sharp point, and is orange
hued near the head and lemon colored at
the tip.
The prominent eyes are dark and
bright, the feet and legs lemon colored.
The bird is valued at $3.50, but speci-
mems have been known to bring $1,000 in
the United States, where but few have
ever been brought.
The species is carefully guarded in
Siam, and as none are ever sold they can
only be obtained suTeptitiously - Cali
J0FRia San DiegdR.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A weak spot in q stable floor is a risk
no farmer can afford to continue a single
hour after discovery.
Dairy cattle should have access to salt
every day, and salt should be added daily
to all their stable feed.
In very hot weather it may pay you to
shade the forming caulifower heads with
leaves broken from the lower part of the
plant.
A balky horse on farm is a nuisance
to be abated, even at the cost if need
be, of burying his carcass in the COM
post heap.
If the rose-bugs trouble your grape
vines, spray them with Paris green and
water in the proportion of one ounce to
six gallons.
Let no soap suds from the weekly wash
be wasted. There is nothing better for
cucumber and melon vines. Soak the
soil around the hills.
1t is well enough to have whip in driv-
ing horses, but the occasions for using it
should be carefully considered before tor
turing the poor animals.
A Georgia farmer tells that he has sue
ceeded in subduing nut grass by putting
the land in Bermuda and burr clover,
adding also Texas blue grass.
The value of old orchards when
properly treated, is hardly appreciated
by one who has not had some practical
work in getting them to yield the great
est profit possible.
An orchard, whether young or old,
should not be allowed to grow where
heavy crops of grass are taken every
year. 1t is weakening to the soil and
detrimental to the trees.
Feed the calves-feed them fulfil
hope of selling them in autumn at profit
is to be justified, and if they are TO be
kept over winter the reasons for full
feeding apply quite as well.
The chicken range should afford plenty
of shade as well as sunshine In hot
weather chickens will generally seek to
escape the direct rays of the sun during
the warmest hours of the day.
]. L. Budd says, in Farmers ReU;eio,
that he believed the pear-shaped Russian
currant will prove specially valuable in
parts of the West where the foliage of
the common currants drop premature
ly when exposed to the sun.
When sweet corn is used in the family
or sold, the american Cultirator advises
to promptly cut and feed its stalks to the
cows. These stalks are better fodder
than they ever will be again and all the
better if a few nubbins remain on.
A few farmers claim to find good
even in the ox-eye daisy. They say that
if cut and cured before the seed begins
to form and the stalk becomes woody,
it is good milk producer when fed to
cows, and that sheep will fatten on it.
The many good points of the turnip as
a supplemental crop for stock feed should
not be forgotten. Its value for feeding
purposes is conceded, and the labor of
putting in the crop comes at a season
when the hurry of work is abated Ad-
vocates of growing this root for stock
claim that nothing pays better for the
time, labor and expense involved.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
"Thc Newest Game.n

The newest game takes tho form Of an
information party, and is begun by pass
ing to each gentleman card and TO the
ladies small pieces of paper, which should
be numbered. Those who discover the
same number on their card and paper are
partners for the game. Each couple
must think of n question, sensible or
ridiculous, historical or in regard to the
weather, to be written on the cards, after
which the cards are TO be gathered to-
gether, and the leader reads each in turn,
giving a few moments for the partners to
consider the subject and write the answer,
which should be read aloud in turn.
This is where the fun of the game begins,
as many of the answers are exceedingly
queer. Those having correct answer
mark their cards 10, wrong answer 0,
and if the answer is anywhere near right
It is counted 8. When all ale added
prizes may be distributed as in pro-
gressive games for the best and the
poorest record. The instructive part Of
the game is the discussion which follows
the questions. The height Of the Bunker
Hill monument is what everybody living
near it ought to know, and yet at an in
formation party held few evening ago
only one person in a company of twenty
was sure of the exact number of feet
Boston TrdDeIer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
Natural Scent of Flowers.

The modest looking mignonette flower,
as is well known, is one of the most de-
liciously fragrant, with fragrance of
that class that is not overpowering, and
that few can be found to object TO. The
same is true of the sweet briar, lemon
verbena and its class. With the old white
lily, lily of the valley and Cape Jasmine,
this is not so. Too much of either of
these easily becomes nauseating, and, in
some cases, causes sickness; but the for
mer class, probably rarely. 1t may not
be known of the three former that the
fragrance is so persistent and continuous
that a sprig, plucked and put in the
pocket with a handkerchief, or among
the clothes, like the lavender of our
grandmother's days, will leave a pleasant
fragrance behind for many days. The
next time you pass a bed of mignonette
tryit. Pluck half dozen heads and
put in the pocket below the handker-
chief, and, our word for it. the delight
full scent will be there for some time.
Prairie Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
The Centennial at Philadelphia.

At Philadelphia the centennial ami.
versary of the Declaration of Independ.
ence was celebrated in 1876 with the first
really successful worlds fair ever at.
tempted on this side of the Atlantic.
Every preparation was made with care
and forethought. A popular subscrip.
tion was started and money poured in
from every part of the country. The
work was really begun in 1870. Con.
gress appropriated 81 500, 900, and from
other sources the sum was brought up to
IS, 800, 900, and the receipts ran up to
about S4, 900, 600. The display included
exhibits from almost every civilized and
uncivilized nation in the world Fair
mount Park was visited by very nearly
10000, 900 persons during the 159 days
days of the show, and the result, while
not monetary success, was in every
other respect more than the most sanguine
had anticipated. - Chicago Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
The Origin of the Sash.

The broad sash which the young man
of the period now wears is of Spanish
and Mexican origin, and, as worn by the
greaser dude of the Rio Grande, is a
broad scarf tied at the side with flowing
ends. Since they have become fashiona-
BILE with the American youth the tying
in some instances is dispensed with, and
the sash, which presents a broad front,
is Il delusiOn and a snare, and, like the
butterfly necktie, is made up and finishes
in the back, where it is concealed by the
coat, in a small belt and buckle to keep
it on. For the young man whose shape
does not allow of this getting along with
out the use of suspenders, the sash is not
"a thing of beauty or joy forever"
If he ties his sash tight enough to keep
his trousers in place it will collapse and
be like a limp string in size, and if he all
lows its broad folds to encircle his abdo-
men loosely then he is in mortal fear that
his trousers will drop off, so he is never
entirely happy. / saw one real sweet
young man the other day, and he had
MS sash arranged with a sort of martin
gale. The sash was very broad, and he
had his four-in hand necktie come down
and meet his sash, and pinned to it with
a society pin. l wouldn't be surprised
if the sash was also pinned to his trous-
ers, 50 that the whole weight was brought
on his neck, for he walked with a sort Of
round-shouldered gait, and didn't look
as ii he was enjoying himself a bit
.NslC York. Nail and Egpfsss
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
Bird Dog, Watch Dog and Nurse.

Joe, pointer dog belonging to the
family of the Rev. Mr.. Flanders, Of
Ellaville, Ga, is faithful servant, and
comes as near earning his victuals and
clothes as any servant in town. Besides
being a tirst-rate bird dog, ever ready
for field sport, and n good night watch
man, he performs the services of nursery
maid and market boy with apparent en-
joyment. He rolls the baby out in its
carriage for airing morning and after
noon, hauls up the packages from the
stores and market, minds the chickens
and pigs, and pulls the garden plow.-
Sdrdnndh Neps.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25

The temperature at which cream shoul(
he churned varies according to the tenn
perature of the air, but the proper mum
Der Of degrees is about sixty. In Older
times, and even in modern days, will
some people, it was the rule for churnins
TO go on until butter was found in great
Jumps. That was great fallacy. A
point is reached in churning beyond
which any further churning brings no i'm
provement, and that point is when tho
butter has reached the size of small
grains. The churning should take from
twenty-five to thirty-five minutes; if it
was much less the butter would not be in
good condition, if the churning took
longer it would be spoiled. As to
whether butter should be washed or not
the practise varied in different parts of
England, and is a matter entirely of
taste. Those who are accustomed to un-
washed butter certainly will not like the
flavor of washed butter.-Nep York
World
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
a MennOnIte's ProftahIe Con.cience.

John Gunderson, farmer residing in
Worcester township, Montgomery Coun-
ty, Penn, and a devout Mennonite, soon
after the rabbit killing season closed last
winter, shot one Of the long ami.
mails. When he realized his error he
gave the rabbit to his son, who in turn
sold IL to a neighbor. But Guuderson's
mind troubled him. He knew that he
violated State law and he had no rest.
As time went on, the feeling grew upon
him so much that he couldn't sleep, and
he asked some of his neighbors to inform
upon him, so that he could pay the pen
atty and in that manner ease his mind.
But his neighbors refused to do this, and
as last resort Farmer Gunderson in
formed upon himself. The other day he
went to Norristown, and, telling the
Presiding Judge his crime, the latter
went with him TO n magistrate, where
Gunderson swore that he had violated the
law. The magistrate accordingly fined
him S5. The law, however, says that
half of the fine shall go to the informer.
Guaderson left the office, but soon re-
turned and claimed the 81. 80 due him.
1t was paid to him and he again de-
parted. In a short time he returned and
in order that none guilty should escape,
he lodged information against his son and
neighbor. The fine was imposed and
Gunderson paid the $40; but he claimed
and was allowed the S. due the inform
ant The farmers mind had been eased
and he went to his home with a clear
conscience. II he can collect the $40
fine he will be $2.5 ahead of the game,
and all because he was an honest man..
Neio York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-09-25
A Cat Commits Suicide.

A tabby cat belonging to the family OF
David Is. Paul, Wallingford, Penn, is
reported to have committed suicide while
grieying over the loss of her family of five
kittens that had been drowned in order
10 keep down the cat population, When
the old cat missed her offspring she went
tearing over the house, showing her great
distress by loud mewing. Failing to find
the kittens after a long search she went
up to the third story and deliberately
jumped out on the porch roof below.
when picked up old tabby was dead, her
neck being broken in the fall,-tHaa
9elpiie Pres,