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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
Feeding Straw for Warmth.

Though the nutritive value of straw is
small, it has its uses for feeding, and is
more thought of as farmers learn the
best means for correcting its deficiencies.
For supplying carbon its has a consider.
able value. Try it in a stove and it will,
weight for weight, give out more heat
than clover hay, which will apparently
become compact and smother its own
flame. The reason is because the clover
gives out nitrogen, and this with carbon
ie acid gas puts out the fame Just as
would result in burning hair, feathers or
the lean flesh of animals Fat will burn
to a cinder because it is nearly pure car
bon. In feeding straw, enough highly
nitrogenous food must also be given,
and in such combination the straw will
be found much more valuable than it is
often supposed to be.-Bos',n Cuhirator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
WISE WORDS.

The hit bird flutters.
Covetousness bursts the bag.
Better to wear out shoes than sheets.
Between two stools we come to the
ground.
Better is an ass that speaks well, than
prophet that speaks i'll.
Every man loves to hear his own ex-
perience told by some other man.
Be old when young, that you may be
young when old or, old young, and old
long.
Fame is like n river that beareth up
things light and swollen, and browns
things weghty and solid.
All matches, friendships aud societies
are dangerous and inconvenieut where
the contractors are not equal.
Could ne essity infallibly produce
quarries of stone, which are the ma.
terlals of all magnificent structuresl
That is the happiest conversation
where there is no competition, no vanity,
but only a calm, quiet interchange of
sentiment.
There is necessity for regulating
discipline of exercise, that whilst evok-
ing the human energies, will not suffer
them to be wasted.
Our admiration of a famous man
lessons upon nearer acquaintance with
him; and we seldom hear of a celebrated
person without a catalogue of some no.
torious weakness and infrmities.
Never was man whose apprehensions
are sober, and by Tensive inspection adj
vised, but hath found by an irresistible
necessity one everlasting being all for
ever causing and all forever sustaining.
The happiness of mankind is the end
of virtue, and truth is the knowledge of
the means, which he will never seriously
attempt to discover who has not habitu.
ally interested himself in the welfare of
others.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
Rats ms Chicken Destroyers.

Last summer, writes a correspondent
of the New York World, l had an un-
fortunate experience with rats among
my young chickens and as it was some
time before / discovered the real cause
of my losses, which | had all along
charged 10 cats, it may be of interest to
Others to state it. The first intimation
was gi, en- by some children telling me
they saw rat dragging one OF my chick
ems through the grass outside of the
chicken yard. then put the good ma
tured hen that was acting as mother to
twenty of them in deep mauger in the
COW stable and covered it with vile net
ting, where they were undisturbed for
a couple of weeks, when one morning
discovered all but seven were gone. A
larger vent hole up through the bottom
showed where they had gone to. Subse-
quently ! put thirty small chickens with
an artificial brooder in a Gxl0-foot
chicken house, supposed to be rat proof,
with the door opening into a small,
tightly inclosed yard, where they could
run in the day time. One afternoon
was again astonished to find more than
half Of them missing. This time
caught sight of the rat. He had gnawed
up from the ground through one of the
nest boxes ranged along the floor on one
side of the house. This fellow caught
the same day in steel trap, but could
not catch another. got rid of them at
last by poisoning them. What seemed
singular is, that during all this time,
while there was plenty of grain within
their reach, saw no signs of rats until l
began to miss the chickens.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
The Samoans an Interesting Race.

Perhaps the most interesting race of
barbarians inethe world-they are of q
much higher grade than what we usually
style savages-is that of the true brown
Polynesians from New Zealand in the
South Pacific to Hawaii in the North, or
from the agunes in the Central Pacific
to Easter Island Throughout all of this
vast expanse of waters, OCCUPYING an area
roughly equal to that Of the North
American continent, that charming bar
barian is almost the only aboriginal in
habitant. Twelve groups of islands are
his home-Hawaii, Tokelau, the Ellice
Islands, the Phpnix Islands, and the
outlying mot the main portion of the
Fiji group, New Zealand, Tonga Tahiti,
the Marquesas, the Hervey. Paumotu,
and Samoa; beside number of separate
islands, like Easter Island, famous for
its great prehistoric statues of stone.
Among all the groups the Samoan claims
at once the immediate interest of being
the,scene of the latest pan 6 Germanic eff
forts at spoliation in the Pacific Ocean,
and the older distinction of having been
the center of dispersion whence fine
brown Polynesians set out upon their
migrations from archipelago to archi-
pelago, at some remote period of which
we are not yet able to determine the
date.
The Samoan group received the name
by which it was long known, that of the
Navigators' Islands, fiom Bougainville,
who discovered the islands in the year
17Ss and named them, probably on ac-
count of the superior construction of
the canoes, of the natives and of their
surprising dexterity in th9 water.n The
group lies in the South Pacific, about
two-thirds of the way from the coasts
of Central Peru to those of Northern
Australia and nearly $500 miles to the
southwest of the Hawaiian Islands.
There are ten inhabited islands, entirely
OF volcanic origin, with peaks some
1000 feet high, and an area of about
1900 square miles, OF about third more
than that of the State of Rhode Island.
1t has a population of about 3, 900, all
of them aboriginal natives except three
or four hundred whites. .-Neto York
IndependeHt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
Fnnis Ahnnt Eenndor.

Mr.. Louis Doissevain, who has just re-
/ turned from Ecuador, has some interest
ing information about that Republic and
its future prospects.
Ecuador" said Mr.. Boissevain,
''seems TO be the least known of the
South American Republics, but has, in
my opinion, a glorious future. Its in
ternai resources are simply enormous, but
entirely undeveloped. 1t brings much Of
its produce from California and Chile,
because it has not the means of trans
portation for its own from the high
table lands of the inte.i ior. When 1t is
so transported it is worth its weight in
gold. q
''ln these northern provinces chickens
are worth six cents each. BY the time
they reach Guayaquil, the main seaport
of the country, they are worth 81. A
barrel Of potatoes in the interior is worth
S1.20; at the seaport it brings $l2 to
SIS. Wheat and barley aud other
products are in the same ratio.
"To so from Guayaquil to Quito, the
capital, takes the following time: By
rail five hours, four to six days by mule
according to the condition of the mules
and the roads, and the final portion two
days by stage.
"Florrel, who is now President, is q
very enlightened and liberal man. He
has lived much Of his life in the United
States and in Europe, and has imbibed
much experience, which he is anxious to
turn to his country's account The coun-
try is rich in gold, rubber, sugar and
cattle, and only capital is required to
bring it to the sea-
MIR. Boissevain said that he visited the
country filed with prejudice against it,
but has returned with full convictions
of its future prosperity. y.-Net0 YORK.
Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
A Delusiye Teiegraphic Code.

She was going to Europe. He is a
very rich man, but millionaire will
always make up telegraphic code to
save money. 1t would be nothing to
him If she sent hundred words in a
telegram. but he will always get as
much as he can for nothing anyway, and
he will have telegraph code. He left
her to make out the code. She made
one quite to the point on all important
matters. She selected the words her
self, wrote it all out, and handed it to
him when she left He locked it in his
desk and it was al right. Last week he
got telegram from her. 1t consisted
of one word Laugh" He laughed.
1t seemed to be something quite pleasant.
His code was at the house. He wentup
there in the best of humor. He got out
the code and he read this brief but EN-
phails ahs5 pa me sooo."-s San Fran
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
Why 1t is Cold on the Mountains

Go into greenhouse on a sunshiuy
day, and we md the temperature much
hotter than outside. The glass will allow
the hot sunbeams to enter, but it refuses
to allow them out again with equal
freedom, and consequently the tempera-
ture rises. Our whole earth is in this
way to be likened to a greenhouse, only,
instead of the panes of glass, we are en-
veloped by an enormous coating of
atmosphere. When we are on the earth's
surface we are, as it were, inside the
greenhouse, and we benefit Ivy the inter
position of the atmosphere; but when we
begin to climb very high mountains we
gradually get through the atmosphere
and then we suffer from the cold. If we
could imagine the earth to be stripped
of its coat Of air, then eternal frost
would reign over the whole earth as we'll
as on the tops of the mountains.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
A Chinese Minister'S Prineely Gift

Colonel Fred. Grant showed me the
other evening a splendid gift received
by his wife from the Chinese Minister.
A branch of rare wood, gilded, rises
from base of plush TO the height Of
twenty-eight inches, and on the twig.
bright -plumaged birds rest in natural
attitudes, while below two hanging
baskets, one of gold and one OF silver,
contain clusters Of Chinese flowers with
gold and silver petals and gold stems.
All the mountings of the baskets are also
of gold. 1t is a magnificent specimen OF
the skill of Chinese artisans, and is val
ued at $1,000 -NeD York Star. /
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
judge Bacon NOT Kim 10 FeIon nOrg

1t is related that Sir Nicholas Bacon
was about to pass judgment upon a man
who had been guilty of robbery, at that
time punishable by death; but the
culprit pleaded for mercy on the
ground that he was related TO the Judge.
"How is that" he was asked. "My
Lord" was the reply, ''your name is Ba.
con, mine is Hogg, and hog and bacon
have always been considered akin. "
THAT is true" answered Sir Nicholas
"but as a hog is not bacon until it has
hung, until you are hanged you are no
relation of mine. Arg0HaW.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
The ploated RumbIe.nee.

Raise the pickens for the chickens,
Raise the baby on your knee,
But never raise a rumpus
With bloated bumble-bee.
Don't you slight him, don't you fight him,
Even on your own domain
IL you do IL you will rue it
When you wrestle with the pain.
Don't you boss him, don't you cross him,
When the flowers are in bloom;
III you meet him try to greet him
With respect and lots Of room.
Bee Journal
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
A Terror to Knayish Coal Dealers.

In Northern cities there has been re-
Gently introduced patented automatic
machine, which is terror to the unfair
coal dealer. 1t is IN the form of scales,
attached to coal receptacles. An ac-
count says:
The new-fangled concern is a remark
able piece of ingenuity. The hopper, of
the shape of an inverted pyramid, opens
its wide mouth beneath the sidewalk
chute into which the coal is dumped
from the cart The hopper holds about
two tons of coal, and rest upon set of
levers supported by heavy framework
of wood. The levers ,extend to heavy
scales capable of weighing several tons.
The who structure is so adjusted that
when the coal is dumped from the cart
through the sidewalk chute intsTthe
hopper its weight is Immediately regis =
tered by the scales.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

Have ~ father? Have you motheri
Have YOU Rson or daughter, sister or a brother
who has not yet taken kemp's Balsam for tho
Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for
the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Coup and
all Threat and Lung troubles2 II so, WHY
when a sample bottle is gladly given to you
free byany druggist and the large size costs
only 6Oc and 81
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

4 clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
MIN from death; Any sufferer from this dread.
envelope TO Prof. y. A, Lawrence. ss WAR; on
St. NY. will receive the recipe free Of charge.
lfanilcted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons kye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

To the Edttor--Please inform Your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which i warrant to cure the
worst cases. SO strong is my faith in Its vir.
tues that will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
ne his L. .. and Express address. Respy.
H.G. ROOF, NJ. @. lS3 Pehrl St. Now York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03


thousands girls who emerging from the chsa sge
their existence exctable rrf
within hm unto
ndres the most loving patient oversight and
through
the seeds OF
the female But this boon to
kind they already seized
herself her family and to her social station to be
experienced
physician womans delicate organization 1t
purely perfectly harmless in its effects
condition the system Sold by druggists $780, six bottles for $500
copyght prOprOr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

THERE are over three hundred thousand bee
keepers in America.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

'Bosh" is the trade name in London
for all butter substitutes.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

En horae Snd male money yyork us THAI
esol anyhin7 r's- IN me world Fisher Costly autst
tf'f '' ''H" NilI 80 .". O. 2 kr .i t--1ffat Naina
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03
CON SUM PTlON

have positive remedy for the above disease BY uso
OF cases OF the worst kind and long standing
Pays peen cured 50 strong my faith In is eeacy thaf
VII VII SEND two bottles nee, together with q valuable
on tllh dlacae 20 sufferer Give
z Q. address ]. 4 sLOCuM N. c. isi Pear Sd, N Y
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-03

WAhpED-Agents TO sell the only Automatic
w Music Leaf Turner. Everybody iisinR Music
must nave one send q for sample or ~ stamp for
lIculal IHE MI- LIN MUSIC IuEsER Co Ioladn- O
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

Mr. Stebbins CHI .irman of the house com.
mittee ON insane took about 60 members
to Rochester on the 18Th to look over the
asylum consequently there were only So
members in the house when Speaker Graves
called to order and the session was very
tame indeed The passage Of three house
and four Senate bills comprise the work
done and they were all of purely local
character Two Important bills were in
troducsd One by H. F: Stevens,
providing that the employer of fem lies in
any mercantile, manuf C uring, hotel or
restaurant business shall provide stats for
their use and permit the same to be used
O. II. Davis introduced bill reducing pas
senger rates on all railroads to two cents
per mile A petition for constitution al p ro-
hibition from the citizens of Duluth was
presen ed by Mr.. Graves. The petition Is
the largest yet brought before the house,
and when unrOlled nearly re ched across
the chamber: The size of i; so astonlshed
Benson, OF Anoka, that he asked III that
was the unanimous expression of the
people of Du.u-h, and what Ia the popula-
tion of that town anyway" The house
went int a com nittee Of the whole and
oocupie 40 minutes in clearing up GENERA
orders and ther adjourned.
There were 20 s majors in their seats on
the 10 h. The session was entirely
without life and the august body adjourned
after sitting about an hour and half.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
Secret-Soclety Secrets.

Wife Q1:30 p. m. Whats that hor-
rid odorp Smells like alcohol. :.
Husband Yes, my dear, we used
alcohol at the lodge for limitations.
Take some alcohol, light it, put salt in
the flames, and it gives a CHASTITY, yell
low light; makes folks look like ghosts,
you know.
But that odor comes from your
breath"
Eyes, M dear; in the thirty-seventh
degree I personate the chief demon with
flames coming from his mouth. / take
mouthful of alcohol and swallow OF
salt and then set fire to it. But, m
dear, you mustn't tell these things. Sc
eret-s' ciety secrets veE sacred, you
know. "-Philadelphia Record.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
WHEN RAMS FIGHT,

Encounters That Are Fought in Accord.
ance With the Code OF Honor.
It may perhaps throw some light on
the obscure causes of the stupidity oil
sheep to see them fight To watch two
rams engage in duel, which they do
in most gentlemanly manner, as if il
were as much a matter of etiquette as
an engagement with swords in the en-
virons of Paris, is better than most
farces nowadays Perhaps there are
some ten or twenty rams in yard or
corral, and presently two put their
heads together Probably they are
having conversation, and in it some
debatable matter crops up, for one
shakes his head impatiently as if doubt
ing the word of his interlocutor. The
insulted ram looks up, advances a step
or two, and they rattle horns together.
Instantly all the other gentlemen gath
or round as the two intending combat
ants march backward step by step with
an admirable slowness and delibera-
ton. They are the two knights at the
ends of tho lists. There is an instant's
pause, and then they hurl themselves
violently forward to meet FORE
head to forehead with a shock that
ought to break their skulls. Then the
solemn backward march recommences,
the pause is made, and the two bel
igerents leap at each other once
more, and the terrible thud is heard
again. Sometimes they run ten courses
before one turns dizzy and declines
the battle, but oftener five Or six blows
make the thinner-skulled turn away, to
be contemptuously hustled in the rear
by the conqueror. Occasionally the
sight Of one set of duelists inspires the
uroccupied lookers-on with noble
ardor, and couple after couple join in
to march backward side by side and
rush forward in line to meet the oppos-
ing forces. 1t seems to me that there
is more interest in this than the mere
farce of the display. However such a
habit arose it can hardly now be advan-
tangeous to the species, and must tend
to lower them in the scale of intellect,
for while the thickest-skulled remain
lords, those with the most room for
brains often get their craniums cracked
with fatal results. This may help to
| explain the very uncommon idiocy Of
domesticated sheep, just as the duello
among the Australian blackfellows may
throw light on the dull, thick-headed'
ness of some of the native humans in
that country. For their favorite meth.
cd of dueling least it was, that O.
which I heard most-is to take two
clubs, and, having drawn lots in some
manner for the first blow, to strike the
loser on che head as he bends dowr
with the utmost force possible. If thai
blow is not decisive-and it is not al
ways so-it is the turn of the othel
man to do his BEST and so on until {
skull is cracked. Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
He Had Been Victimized.

They were talking about confidence
men and relating their experience. wher
one OF the group turned to the major
and asked:
''Major. were you ever conf
denced?"
Il was" he promptly replied
''WhereP'
I'm Chicago"
''When?'
"When married my second wife!''-
Detroit Free Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
CURRENT TRADE TOPICS.

New York CITY annually consumes about
s,o0o, 900 tons Of ice.
TEN THOUSAND head of cattle are slaugh-
tered every week to provide New York with
beef.
THE home consumption of -four in this
country is about 1850, 900 barrels every
week.
NEW ZEALAND cheese is taking former
American aud Canadian trade in Great
Britain.
The chief supply of mistletoe comes from
the north of France, Normandy and Britta.
ny, the people of which parts propagate and
cultivate it in the great orchards as careful.
ly as apple trees.
IT is said that there are in the Chesapeake
bay SIS, ~, 900 square yards Of oyster beds,
yielding about II, COX, 900 bushels Of oysters
annually, and distributing about 81, 000,0 600
among 50, 900 people.
EVERY night in the year, with the posi-
Bile exception Of Sundays and holidays, q
train of twenty cars loaded with whisky
starts from the center of the whisky facto-
ries, Peoria, ILL.,, bound East.
AN Amesbury (Mass) correspondent
writes that there have been shipped from
that place during the year 1883 1920 car.
riages The year before the shipment
amounted to nearly q, 900. This gives fall
ing of of nearly 5000 carriages during tho
past year.
ALL the slaves used in this country are
made in Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern
Ohio and Canada Indiana turns out about
10000, 900; Michigan, 600, 0O0, 600; Canada,
2Oo, GOO, 600, and Northwestern Ohio makes q
big third of al the slaves used in the
United States. Northwestern Ohio there
are moro slaves made to day than ever be.
fore. The business has been doubled within
the last ten year 5a~
ToRcHoN lace is now so little known, ex.
cepting through the machine-made imitar
ton, that few are aware of the beauty and
variety of the real fabric. The original
lace is made on the pillow by French and
Belgian workers, and one house alone, that
uses only real torchon for the trimming OF
ladies' and childrens' underwear, employs
hundred and fifty diff rent designs,
| which come direct from the makers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
in boxes. Price rs cents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, oftel
the very first dose. This is what is said b.
all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

THE 'leap-year'' girl who got left is sad
dest when she sings: "Four, four, four
wears more pm. Y. World.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

MRS. GENERAL SHERMAN was a cousin Of
Hon. James G. Blaine. He attended her
funeral in New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

Do NOT suffer from sick headache a mo-
ment longer. It is not necessary. Carter's
Little Liver Pills will cure you Dose, one lit
tie pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

THERE are ten Indian training schools 10
Gated in different parts of the Union.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

CHECK Colds and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

THE best known remedy for consumption
Oxygen Cure. Write DR.. GepDert, Cincinnati
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

NATURES serial story-the spinal CO
umn, continued in our necks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

KEEP up standard OF principles; your
children are judges.