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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
SELECT SIFTINGS..

Tea-smoking has become a craze.
The number of churches burned last
year was 1S2.
In Georgia it is unlawful for man to
marry his mother-in-law.
During the flood they caught carp in
the streets of Washington.
Up to the time OF Pliny lemons were
considered a deadly poison.
A military pigeon station has been
established in Switzerland.
Anonymous donations seem to be COM
ing into fashion again in England.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are first
put in the cradle of a newborn child in
Holland.
Smoking during service is said to be
customary in some of the rural churches
in Holland.
The smallest baby in the West was born
recently at Woodsdale, Kan. Its weight
was one pound.
A good woman in Brooklyn committed
suicide when she heard that her husband
lluNl DCGu dEICSlCNl lOI
A Frenchman in Paris advertises that
he will pay S25 reward "for a strictly
novel and original way of committing
suicide"
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, paid Paris doctor $4,000
for three minutes work in cutting a wart
of his neck.
An inn at Grantham is said to be subject
to a rent charge of so year, originally
left by a Mr.. Solomon, for an annual
sermon against drunkenness.
A company is being formed to recover
the $500, 600 worth of specie that was on
board the French warship LOrient when
Nelson sank her at the battle of the Nile,
ninety years ago.
There is said to be a stream near Tue
son, Arizona, which petriies very soft
substance put into it. A biscuit dropped
into the crystal water is alleged to have
turned to stone within few minutes.
They had a queer elopement at Charles
town, Ind, the other day. Joshua
Mullen ran away with Lucinda True.
Joshua had wagon but no horse. He
took a seat in the wagon and made
Lucinda pull it.
A fisherman at Winthrop, Me-, says he
caught pickerel in Lake AIaranocook and
found in its stomach a roll of undi-
gested bank bills, amounting TO $500. He
thinks that the money was lost by a
sporting man whose boat was upset on the
lake more than year ago.
A Chicago supply company has hit upon
a novel idea to attract attention to its de-
livery wagons. 1t is simply the misspell-
ing of the word economy. On one side it
is painted "ecomey," on the other
"econemey." People look at it, laugh and
imagine the business manager of the COM
pany is a first-class fool, but he isn't, all
the same.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24

The following remarkable story Of q
gold ring shows that General Grant, be-
fore his death, had the fishing fever.
The General was very fond of fishing at
Greenwood Lake, and stories Of his fish
ing exploits are still told at the Fuller
House. Here is one of them; "One
afternoon the General was fishing for
pickerel ON the lake when he hooked n
large eel. The Shiny creature knotted
itself with the leader, and in removing it
beautiful horseshoe ring fell overheard.
Banker j. Rhinclander Dillon visited the
lake two weeks afterward and killed
large pickerel. The idea occurred to
him that he would like to taste a fish just
out of the water, so his guide cleaned it,
and they were about to row to shore to
cook it when the guide picked up the en-
trails, preparing to throw them over
board. To his surprise he discovered the
very ring which General Grant had lost
two weeks before"
To verify this story an Fleming san re-
porter called on Mr.. Dillon. This gen
tleman not only said the story was true,
but he also exhibited the ring in ques-
ton.
Said he: al believe it was either in
IA or rs that the affair occurred. l
rarely eat fish, but that particular pick
erel looked so tempting that was seized
with a strong desire TO cat it. Under
ordinary circumstances l should have
given the fish away. told the story of
the find on my arrival at the Fuller
House, and then learned that General
Grant had lost the ring. l wrote to his
son, Colonel Fred Grant, and explained
how the ring came into my possession.
He wrote back that if my story was true
l was entitled to the ring, and might
keep it. l actually believe that Fred
thought | was telling fish story, or he
would not have told me to keep the
ring"
Mr.. Dillon now wears the ling on the
little finger of his right hand.-Ne,o York
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24

The rubber, as It arrives in this coun-
tey, contains large percentage of i'm
purities, and the first Of the general pro-
cess is to eradicate these impurities. This
is done 10y passing the gum number of
times through the washer or masticator
This machine consists of two corrugated
or grooved rolls, over which a continuous
stream of water is running. These rolls
tear or pull the piece from its original
form to that Of a long, narrow sheet, full
of irregular incisions. This permits the
water to thoroughly wash and cleanse it
from all impurities. After it is thor
oughly dried the gum is next taken to the
mixing or grinding machine. Here it is
mashed into fine pulp having the consist
ency of stiff dough. Next the calender
either runs the compound into sheets, to
be cut into various articles, or spreads it
on piece of cloth, or, perhaps, by means
of friction between the surface of the
rolls, thoroughly forces or rubs the COM
pound into the fibre of the cloth.
After being made into the required
shape the various articles are taken to the
''vulcanizern and there cured or baked
and their forms made permanent. This
latter process is very important one.
Rubber in its crude state becomes soft
when subjected to heat and very hard
when subjected to severe cold, butb by the
vulcanizing process it is rendered uni
formly elastic when exposed to the most
intense cold or to any degree of cold.
From three to ten per cent. of sulphur,
according to the degree Of elasticity de
sired, is incorporated with the rubber; it
is then for several hours subjected to heat
from 250 degrees to 800 degrees of tenn
perature, and rubber can thus be made as
hard as iron, with beautiful polish al
most equal to glass, or it can be made as
TimcS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
A Farm School for Street Arabs.

There is a queer little school on an
island down Boston harbor, known rs
the farm school, and it is truly Bos-
tonian institution. Over fifty years ago
it was organized for ''idle and morally
exposed boys, and Thompson's Island
was bought. The school is not reforma-
tory, however, and now admits no boy
Objectionable from a moral standpoint.
Over 1900 boys have been educated
there, and have gone from their water
surrounded alma mater to positions Of
honor and trust. Reading, spelling,
writing, arithmetic, geography, gram
mar, history, drawing, instrumental and
vocal music are taught. There are shops
in which they become skilled in the use
of tools and learn trades. A few days
ago the friends and relatives of the boys
went to the island on a special steamer to
inspect the school and have a grand time.
1t was the first visit since last November.
Ncio York Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Plant plenty of peas.
Clean your oats before sowing.
Get your onions in as early as possible.
To have tender lettuce don't SOW thick.
Use hemp twine this season if you can
get it.
Red raspberry honey is pronounced de-
licious.
A loose, slack-looking apiary is unpar-
donable.
Keep fowls constantly supplied with
pure, fresh water.
Our best and most successful men have
been reared on the farm.
1t is a time for farmers and dairymen
to pick up breeding stock.
Insist on a careful straining of the milk
Immediately after it is drawn.
Good tools are essential to farming,
saving in time and cost of labor.
The boy on the farm is used to more
consideration than he generally gets.
When setting the hen sprinkle flour of
sulphur in the nests to keep down the
lice.
The working of the land just now is
the all important matter for a profitable
farm.
a top dressing of ashes may with adj
vantage be applied to corn just after COM
ing up.
Keep the harrow running lengthwise of
the corn rows until the corn is too high
to admit of it.
To be too fiery is a fault in a horse
drawing heavy loads on an uneven road.
For this work a strong and slow horse is
better.
Many people think that a cool, damp
place is the best in which to keep honey.
But the Michigan Farmer says it should
always be kept in warm, dry place,
A good article of butter or cheese
really costs no more than an inferior one.
The production is no more; the differ
ence is that in the one case it is done
right and the other wrong.
The draft horse derives his power from
several sources-the development of those
parts which constitute bulks, the energy
of its muscular action, and the frmness
and hardness of its organs.
Tests made by Professor Golf, of New
York, appear to warrant the conclusion
that potassium sulphide and hypo-sul-
phite of soda, applied in a spray, are
both of value in preventing mildew on
the gooseberry.
A horse for drawing loads, to be well
formed, ought to be high in front, hav-
ing high and protective withers, large
chest, front legs strong and well spread
apart back and loins straight, hindquart.
ers little depressed, muscular, short il
the flank, large sinews.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
A Shower Of Wild Fowl.

On the evening of Sunday, April 2sth,
the citizens of San Tomas, in the Mexi-
can State Of Jalisco, were treated to a
free mess of waterfowl. During a vio-
lent storm a large stock of Oregon geese
probably returning from their winter
roost in the tropics-came down head
long on the marFet-place of the little
hamlet, where they Topped about in a
helpless way and were collared by dozens
before they could recover from the effects
of their fall. The winged wanderers
seem to have been caught in the whirl of
a gale, which the Rev. Sam Jones will
probably quote as memorable judg-
ment for travelling on the Sabbath. -
brakes Magazine.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
A Huge Cloud Of Insects.

On a recent bright, warm day a huge
cloud Of insects swept down upon
Sonoma, Cal. The main street and the
byways, the gardens and the roofs of
houses were black with the moving mass.
Horses reared and neighed, and little
children wept with fear at the strange
visitation. II was found that the swarm
was composed of small and peculiarly
tinted butterflies of a species unknown
in the valley of Sonoma. In a few moments
they had cleared the town and, rising
again to some distance in the air, dis
appeared as they had come, leaving no
trace behind them. The local ento-
mologists have tried their hand on the
queer little bird, but thus far have
arrived at no conclusion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
The Dog and the Apes.

Rather an interesting occurrence is told
by correspondent in the Field eng
land) Of his experiences with the apes on
the Rock of Gibraltar; "a few days ago
was climbing ON hill here, the sides
of which are precipitous in places, with
two friends and my two dogs. We all
saw a troop Of apes at a distance of about
fifty or sixty yards from us. My two fox
terriers set off in full chase. The older
of the two dogs "a fourteen pound dog,
two years old) seized and killed three
young apes, about the size of cats, in
about ten seconds, taking them across
the loins and killing them instantly.
While at the third, or Immediately after
ward Il was not quite close enough to see,
owing to bushes), one of the apes, about
four feet six inches high, seized the dog
and threw her over the cliff precipice.
The ape picked herup in both hands and
deliberately threw her over, without pre-
viously biting or damaging her in any
way. This was seen by several men at
work. With much difficulty | managed
to keep the other dog in. We afterward
found the body of the dog, quite dead,
below she having fallen between 100 and
and $50 feet. The apes above were chat
tering, and apparently much excited It
may be interesting to note that the Rock
IS the only place in Europe where these
apes run wild. So much are they thought
Of that a special law was passed for their
protection. This particular ape showed
commennable reason in using his strength
instead of his teeth, in which case he
might have Jared badly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
suoLrNe MARES.

Is IL beneficial to mares sucking colts
TO give them fax seed in any shape, or
oil meal, and are they safe to give mares
before foaling2 Flax seed is safe and
beneficial to any class of animals, in any
condition, when fed to them in proper
quantities, and properly prepared. II
the raw flax seed is used, it should be
boiled to a jelly in six or eight times its
quantity of water. Then pint daily OF
this flax seed jelly can be fed profitably
Ito mares before and after foaling, and to
colts as soon as they will cat. In all
cases the jelly must be fed mixed with q
full feed of oats, bran cut clover orshorts.
Corn is not the best for mares or colts.
The oil meal, either of the old or new
patent, can also be profitably used, but
in all cases moderately, with liberal quan.
titles of other food But with oil meal
it is not necessary to boil it. One pound
of oil meal is n full feed, with other food,
per day, for a mature animal. .-Iora
State Register.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
Head Statistics.

"That man who just went out had a
head so large hadn't hat in the store
that would fit him, said the halter, as
he put away a hat nearly as big as a coal
scuttlc.
"Who was heln
81 don't know. He is connected with
Police Department. / think. Did you
ever notice, he went on, "what large
heads these policemen havei Nearly
every one of them wears a hat larger than
the average. The Irish as race have
enormous heads. There are some Ger
mans in town who have large heads but
their bodies are corrcspondingly man.
moth.
"What is the largest size of hat you
keepln
"a 7s. There are "a sizes made; that
is what the man who just went out Of
here wanted but l didn't have it, Post
master Sackett wears a "A hat. He has
one of the largest heads in town; you
might not think it, but he is big man
and well proportioned.-Bu6dlo (M ~
Courier
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24

Another case of nose-boring has re-
Gently come TO light. This time the nasal
appendage was the property of Charles
Knapp, of Delanco, N. j., which was
knocked off in a railroad accident about
three years ago. A couple of skillful sur
geons soon succeeded in replacing the
severed member, but their substitute
lacked a nostril, and breathing through
it was an impossibility until after several
applications of an electrical cauterizing
needle, by which the obstacle was over
come. In all other respects the nose was
as good as new. Times Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
GATHERING AND DRYING uERBs.


Herbs that are to be preserved should
be collected as soon as they begin to
flower and on dry day after the dew
and moisture deposited on them have
evaporated. 1t is better to dry them in
the shade in situation where they are in
current of dry air rather than in a
heated room or by direct exposure to the
rays of the sun. In the latter case they
will lose much of their green color, which
will affect them unfavorably if intended
for sale, and while they should be dried
quickly to preserve their aromatic quail.
ties it should be done in such a way as to
retain their color as well. The same rule
will apply to roots, which should be thor;
oughly washed before drying. As soon
as properly dried both plants and roots
should be packed away in boxes or other
wise so as to exclude them from the air
and preserve their valuable properties
whether aromatic or medicinal. For
home use the cheap paper bags now so
common answer the purpose well. These
should be marked with the name of the
variety and hung up or laid away in a
dry place until wanted. Quite number
of plants that might be named are found
growing in fields and along roadsides, of
which some should be gathered and pre-
served for their medicinal qualities
against time of need. This is some-
thing that should not be neglected, 9TH
erwise they will quite often be wanted at
season when they cannot be gathered,
and besides this they are better for use
when dried than when green. The
leaves of the well-known savory herbs
can be usually sold to butchers and gro.
GERS so as to pay quite well for raising and
curing them.-Ne1o York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
TIE POTATO cRnp.

One of the most valuable of farm cropi
is potatoes. 1t may easily realize $50 pei
acre for feeding stock alone at the rate Of
twenty-five cents per bushel, at which
price it can be most profitably used A
belated crop can never make up for lost
time. A forward crop escapes the later
dangers, So that now this crop should
be pushed ahead by frequent cultivation
and whatever fertilizing can be afforded.
The ground should be thoroughly loosened
between the rows at once, and no other
implement is better for this work than the
common "bull-tongue" plow, which,
when run in the middle of the rows, mel.
lows and opens the soil for the spread Of
the roots. This cannot be done later
After this the use of light harrow in the
rows, with a dressing of gypsum, will
help the crop very much,-Neio Yo%
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
Farming land Getting Scarce.

The Farm and Home says: The time
when "Uncle Sam is rich enough TO give
us all farm" is nearing its end. Nearly
every acre of desirable Government land
open to settlement under the homestead
act is now taken. This fact explains the
extraordinary rush for Oklahoma, which,
under the Presidents proclamation, was
'opened up" April 90, The most which
any settler could secure was a quarter
section (l6O acres), and as there are only
5000, 900 ofacres in the proposed new ter
ritory, little figuring will show that less
than l3, 200 quarter-sections were availa-
BILE. For this amount of land there was
a grand scramble by at least 80, 900
would-be settlers, boomers and specula-
tors. The territory was open for settle
ment at noon, and within few hours
from that time the proposed city of Guth-
rie was laid out, a daily paper started, a
postofiice opened, bank set a-going and
a municipal election held. In other parts
of the promised land similar scenes
were enacted, the whole being state of
affairs peculiarly American and such as
could not be paralleled in any other ma
tion on the globe-a territory as large as
Rhode Island and Delaware together set
tied in half day. The new territory is
part of that formerly ceded to the In
dians, who again have to move on before
the advancing tide of civilization.
This results from the craze, started
nearly half century ago, to empty the
surplus population of Europe on the pub
lie lands of the United States-to give
away these lands as soon as possible and
leave American posterity to paddle their
own canoe, and let most of them do with
out lands. Then there was a craze among
railroad companies and politicians to
bring landlords and land kings from
Europe and sell them tens Of millions of
acres Of land. Then great cattle trusts
absorbed millions of acres, and bonanza
wheat farmers millions more. When their
is no more land for sale, what next?
Uncle Sam win soon be landless; not rich
enough to give us all a farm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
Gull'S Eggs.

Gull's eggs are among the curiosities
of the San Francisco market. They are
twenty-five cents a dozen, and are brought
chiefly from the Farallones in the fishing
schooners. The handsome eggs of the
MUIR bird will also be introduced
into the market within the next
two or three weeks. The gull's eggs are
said to taste little fshy, as might be
expected, but the "murr" eggs are as
great delicacy is the plover's of the
Old World, which they greatly resemble.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
STONE FRUITS.

II is theseed that exhausts in fruit pro-
duction. This is especially true Of large
seeds inclosed in stones. The proportion
of seed to the fruit is proportionately
greater in the cherry, plum and peach
than in the apple or pear. In the de-
velopment of seeds, potash is very es-
sential. Trees that over-bear have the
growth of their fruit checked at just the
point where seed development ought to
begin. In the grapevine the exhaustion
from over-bearing causes the vine to
mildew and refuse to ripen either fruit OF
wood. Thinning the punches early and
applying a liberal dose of potash salts are
the best preventives of this diseased con.
dition Of the vine.-Bost0R Culticdt0r.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
A Cumulatlon Of George washlngtons.

Said an old retired merchant of this
city recently: "Nearly half a century
ago George Washington Oliver, of Mem
phis, shipped to George Washington
West, of this city, lot of cotton by the
steamer George Washington. The cotton
was sold through a broker George Wash
ington SullY to George Washington
Hynson, by whom it was shipped on a
vessel (the George Washington) either to
New York or some foreign port. "-NeO
orleans Times Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
Vegetable Twins.

A pair Of vegetable Siamese twins have
been discovered in a forest some three
miles from Weatherstield, Windsor Coun-
ty, Vermont. Two birch trees standing
about four feet apart are united by a cross
branch which seems to belong to both,
and ON being Whitfield in the middle
trickled down sap drawn from either side,
as could be seen by removing a narrow
strip of bark along line running from
both trees toward the center Of the con
Meeting link.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
Grandeur Of Onr CanitoI.

The Capitol building at Washington,
District Of Columbia, is the largest build
ing in the United States; its length is
7l5 feet 4 inches, width 324 feet. 1t
covers three and a half acres of ground.
The distance from the ground to the top
of the dome is 3074 feet; diameter of the
dome, 1855 feet; ranking fifth as to size
with the great domes of the world. The
cost of the entire building has been some-
thing over S13, 100000
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-07-24
REMEDY FOR cAnnAer WORMS.

The green cabbage worm is a trouble
some pest almost everywhere that cab
bages are grown. 1t is the caterpillar of
a small, white butterfly with black spots
on its wings. These may be seen flying
over the cabbage field, in great numbers
all through the summer, depositing their
eggs on every plant. To keep the
worms at all in check requires the almost
continuous application of some strong in
secticide. The trouble may be greatly
lessened by poisoning as many of the but
tertlies rs possible. To do this, attach
artificial flowers securely to tile top of
sticks eighteen to twenty inches long,
and cover the flowers with arsenic mixed
with sugar, or with sweet paste of any
sort. Put these sticks into the ground at
frequent intervals throughout the field;
the butterflies will be attracted to the
flowers, and will get enough of the
poison to give them an effectual quietus.
Besides the saving of labor, this is
much better method than to risk the too
frequent application of stronginsecticides
to the plants. Arsenical poisons should
never be applied after the plants have
begun to head.-AmerieaR Agricultwist.