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, 1889-07-27

There is much Indignation being
expressed in some of the Calcutta pa
pers we have recently received, over
very unpleasant disclosures that have
been made in connection with "a branch
of the Emigration system. Fortunate
~ for this colony, we are not directly
or indirectly connected with the scan
dial, which seems to be confined ex-
clusivelv 10 Assam. 1t is said that
the system of recruiting people for the
tea district is suspiciously like a form
of. slave catching. Men women and
children are said to have been carried
off by force to the tea gardens, nomi,
nalIy as tree labourers but practically
ION an irksome bondage from which
they would be glad to get free. In
passing we may remark that to men
of the ordinary class Of Bengal cooIie
any system Of regular Iabour, even at
fair rate of pay would be "irks some
bondage" But leaving this feature
of the report one side, the gravity Of
the other charges can hardly be over
estimated. Coolies are said TO be
abducted and sold in patches; young
girls are in great demand in Assam
and Cachar, where they fetch very
high prices in consequence of which
the girls are a tempting prey for the
nrkatis or recruiting agents; occasion
ally a woman is seized in a country
market place, on a bogus warrant
and struggled away 10 Assam. The
Governments attention having been
so forcibly called to the outrages
committed in the name Of Emigration,
the Assam system is certain to be
placed under rigid surveillance or
closed altogether. The danger is
that the Government may be forced
into framing new enactments to re-
gulate Emigration in general under
which the interest OF colonies like
Ours may be made to suffer for
the sake of the exposed offenders
ATgOSy.
, 1889-07-27
A Cyclone in Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, June This sec
ton was to-day visited by the most
sever storm for years. A heavy
rain was followed by hail, which
caused great damage to grain and
fruit, The western part of Srdgwick
Country and the eastern part Of
Kingman suffered most.
A track twenty miles long and FIVE
wide was swept by u cyclone, which
lev eIed TO the ground houses and
gra in, A. farmer named Rogers and
his family, were killed, and a number
OF people are homeless Ibid
, 1889-07-27
The Nicaragua Canal.
From the N. Y. Times. J

News has been received in this
city by the officers Of the Nicaragua
Canal Company that the steamship
AIvena, carrying The construction
party and a cargo Of provision aud
materials for the Nicaragua Canal,
reached Greyton on the 3OIh inst.
The party commenced work at
once upon the break water at Gley-
town Harbor, and prepared to lay
out the line of railway to connec
Greytown with the divide cut, so
that the actual construction of the
Nicarag ua Canal can be said to have
been begun.
, 1889-07-27

Investigations in connection with
the great fire which burned down
the Opera omique and caused tie
loss of so many lives. He says III at
he examined the cOrpses of twenty
one women and six men found .hud.
died together in death close to the re-
freshment bar Of the theatre. The
clothes on the bodies of the victims
we're neither burned nor torn, but
the high temperature had an effect on
the gloves worn by some of the de-
ceased persons, slightly cracking
them on the outside, although they
were intact underneath. From ex-
periments made with similar gloves
Doctor Brouardel thinks that the VIC
TINS were in a temperature varying
from 10 deg (Centigrade) to 14O deg
(Centigrade). At $50 deg (Centi-
grade) Of heat gloves of the same kind
as those worn by the deceased per-
sons became carbonised. The doctor
believes from his researches, that no
body was literally "roasted alive" bat
that %suffncation by oXidised-carbOn
first supervened. This gas emanated
from the burning wood, and caused
the death Of most of the victims, some
of whom were absolutely uninjured in
appearance. These Investigations
were borne out bv the reSuIt Of the
official post-mortrm examinations, in
aSmuch as the the blood in the bodies
of the persons found by DR.. Brouar-
del was quite red, and not black, az
would have been the case had they
died from excess If heat. H. some
cases, the black mark. having b on
washed off the bodies, u healthy red
dish hue became app"rent, Which made
the deceased person look ~ if they
were quietly sleeping, One doctor it
is "a d maintained that u girl whose
flesh was in this condition. was not
dead, but IN a trance. In conclusion
DIR. Bronnrdrl observes thai all those
who |succumbed to the influence IF 0xi-
dised-caroon died without pam.
A volume is about TO appear which
will be waited with a. mnch interest
in poi ical as in literary circles,
The Due de Mornv is preparing his
fathers " Memoirs" for publication,
and the work will be issued nj the
end of the summer. II i hardly ne-
ces~ary to remind your readers of the
prominent part played by the late
Duke IN The December coup d6tut.
, 1889-07-27
French News.
from the Daily Telegraph
PARIS, June q.

PARIS, June %.
This is the warmest day that we
ha yeas yet had In Paris this season.
For some, time this afternoon the
the rfa8ometer stood as high as
, 1889-07-27

OSNSS ~ bl1Ot' N'A - APO
there was could hardly be described
as refreshing yet this trying temper
allure had little if any influence on
the ~light-hearted inhabitants and on
the multitude Of strangers now
located within their gates. All
through the afternoon crowds wen
ded their way Exhibition-wards,
with an edifying contempt for the
heat and dust. The BouIevards
were as thronged as usual with gay
loungers, and the chairs. disposed
under The trees in the Champs
Elys6es knew no diminution in the
number of their occupants. Towards
evening clouds gathered, and it looked
as il a terrific thunderstorm was
brewing. Rain has fallen since. and
The atmosphere is already much
iresher.
The saying that Lies absents ont
t%oujours tort" has just been exem-
pIiied in a striking manner, If the
story which is going the rounds to-
day be true. it is affirmed that the
Government has decided on refusing
to pay the last quarter Of General
BouIanger'S pension, and of his
allowance as a Grand Officer Of the
Legion of Honour, and that when
the Generals representative rnlIrd
for the money he was informed that
none would be forthcoming. The
General received an annual pension
of 9420, plus ESQ, from The L. gjon
of honour. What lends colour 80
this statement is that not only has il
not been contradiCtcd, but that a
Ministerial journal explains to night
thai This refusal, after all, would
only be in con>Onance with the regu-
lalion that every retired Officer who
may spend a year abroad without
special permission from the Govern
ment loses all light to a pension.
1t adds the extraordinary remark
that although General BouIan2er has
not been absent from France for a
year the position in which he is
placed allows the assumption thj1 he
has gone abroad without amy idea of
returning. This of a man who pro
claims UrJj ct Orb At least ;wicp
in every week that lie will soon be
back, riding ON til" whirlw ind ard
directing the storm! If the Govern
ment has really resolved ON what
impartial people can only regard aS
q very shabby step, "a more plausible
excuse might have bern found.
Rarely has the supply of straw
berries been so abundant in Paris
as at the present moment. The re-
freshing hGiSes are piled in colossal
heaps in the markets and in the shops
of truiterers all over the City, and
bottles Of strawberries are sold at
such an ininite>imal rate that the
poorest of The working citizens in the
Faubourg ST.. Antoine can afford a
desert almost as luscious az that of
Davies and Ctw~uis in the Champs
Ely3ps, The strawberries come from
the North of France and the environS
Ol Paris nurticulallv Sppaux which
, 1889-07-27

Dr. Brouardel has given some re-
markalle particulars relntive 10 his
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
A Horse That Feeds Another.

Billy, remarkably intelligent horse
used in the police wagon of Division 0,
has taken up an idea which he follows
daily. One of the mounted officers in
the division leaves his horse in the stable
connected with the station on Blue Hill
avenue, near Dudley street, while he an
swers to the roll call at noon and again
ut six o'clock. The officer fastens his
horse to the post forming one corner at
the head of Billy's stall, and as soon as
the animal is tied, Billy picks up a
mouthful of hay, forces it through the
iron grating about his stall, and waits
until his guest has eaten it. Then he
repeats the operation and continues his
hospitality until the officer returns for
his horse. Billy began to do this early
In the fall, without any suggestion from
the men, and he does it twice day,
much to the satisfaction of his visitor.
The performance has attracted consider.
able attention in the neighborhood, and
Billy's politeness has won him many
friends. - Boston Transcript.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Ttenching for Gardens.

Old English horticultural authorities
speak very highly of deep trenching
with plenty of manure as a preparation
for many crops in gardens. We never
tried it except for celery years ago, and
do not expect to repeat that expert.
ment. Labor costs too much in this
country to do anything by hand labor
that can be done by horse power. But
if trenching be really helpful, subsoil-
ing ought to beneficial. True subsoiling
is indeed better than average trenching,
for less of the richer surface soil will be
mixed with the subsoil by the former
method. Gardens are usually heavily
manured. Considerable amounts both
OF nitrogen and mineral manures are
carried down out of reach of crops, un-
less the subsoil plow opens and lightens
the hard soil beneath, so that roots can
penetrate it. For this reason seeding old
gardens with clover is often advisab e.
The long tap roots Of the clover reach
down and enliven the subsoil, beside
bringing up some fertilizing material
that would otherwise be lost. Boston
CultiratOr.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Vivid writing.

A little descriptive piece entitled "Over
the Guns frora the Detrcle FSes Fress, OF
which we give paragraph, reminds us that
great advertisers like II. II. Warner a Co,
propriotors Of Warmers celebrated Safe Cure,
might get n hint from it
Here Is the paragraph;
''Shoot 20 the right or left, over the guns
or under them. Strike where you will, but
strike 20 destroy. Now the hell surges down,
sven 10 tho windows Of tho old farm-house-
now back under the apple trees and beyond
them. Dead men are under the ponderous
wheels OF the guns. mad devils are slashing
and shooting across tho barrels. No Que
seems 20 know friend from foe. Shoot, slash,
kill and
"But the hell is dissolved. The smoke Is
lifting, shrieks and screams grow fainter
and twenty or thirty living men puN the
dead bodies away from the guns. lhrec
hundred dead aud wounded on the single
ncra They tell Of war and glory. Look
over this heils acre and hn1 the latter Aud
in lust as deadly n strife. though noiselcss
are men falling at our right and left to-day
Is Il war; Yes. war vt the blood. hood
loaded with poison through Imperfect kid-
noy uct.on. Aud is there no power TO stop
this awful slaughter Yes, warmers sale
Cure, "A tried specific, a panacea that has
brought life and hope o. hundreds OF thou
sands OF dying men and won In.
le enlisted. therefore, in the great army
1f living men and women who have heeh
rescued from disease aud premature death,
and tc cternally grateful that the means or
life can So easily hc yours
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Care of the Eyes.

Shades on lamp or gas burners should
be of "milk' or ground glass; never of
colored glass.
Never sleep opposite window which
will throw a Hood of strong light on
your eyes when you wake in the morn
ing.
When bathing the face do not open
the eye under water, as this Is apt to be
injurious to the epithelial covering OF
the eye.
In all institutions, particularly for
children, where the eyes are required to
do close work, the proportion of the
square surface of the windows to the
square surface of the floor should never
fall below one to four.
The short-sighted eve is essentially
diseased eye, and should be treated as
such. 1t effects by preference those who
use their eyes constantly for fine or neat
work, and is almost unknown among
the uncivilized nations.
When children work by light which
falls in their faces they are apt to bend
the body forward so as TO shade the eyes
by the head, OF else twist it around so
that the light shall fall on the page
Both of these positions are pernicious.
There is great danger of the chest be-
coming narrow and contracted and of
the spine becoming curved.
To bathe the eyes properly, take a
large basin Of cold water, bend the head
close over il, and with both hands throw
the water with some force on the gently
closed lids. Ibis has something of the
same effect as a shower bath, aud has a
toniug-up influence which water applied
in any other way has not.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Method of Fumigattnc Fees.

Some claim that it is impossible to de-
stroy worms in the comb by fumigation,
although that is remedy that has been
suggested. A practical bee keeper gives
the following in the amsricaB Bee J0Ur-
nal as his method: "a had lot of sec.
tions piled in a room fifteen feet square,
and concluded TO smoke the whole room.
So lighted five pounds of sulphur early
in the day so that thought il would all
burn before night, and Kept occasional
watch of it through window. At dark
it was burning apparently the same as
when first lighted, and at ledtime the
same. Although l thought it entirely
safe, never feel that l can be too care.
full about fire, so l concluded to set up
with it until it expired. l did not get
to bed until after one O'clock. My
method of using was this: The sulphur
was put into a kettle holding about a
gallon. A common kettle holding three
or four gallons was partly filled with
ashes, and in this the smaller kettle
containing the sulphur placed, and over
all tin cover that did not fit closely.
suppose this cover allowed plenty of all
TO enter to keep up combustion, but
made it burn slower than if enterely un-
covered. Previous to covering, lighted
match was laid on the sulphur, and that
was all the attention it received except
the watching, and no doubt it would
have burned Just the same if had been
a mile awa7. | do not think that roll
rhinestone would act just the same, but
suspect part of it mixed with pow
dered sulphur might answer. The cost
is so little that have always used it in
the powdered FORM"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Eincl ToNer EleNators.

The Eidel Tower at the Paris Expo
ition, has enough elevators to take $500
persons up to the irst story and $50
persons 20 the top In an hour, and count
ing all the stairs Eve thousand visitors
,an be admitted to the tower every sixty
minutes. by means Of the two elevators
,nc can reach the apex in five minutes.
As TO the means required for that result
is estimated at tour hundred horse
power. There is consequently installed
1t the foot Of the tower a pump Of four
hundred horse power, which will send
% the upper reservoirs all the water re-
luired. So, YOU sec, the going up ''as
high as the sky not 20 mention the
coming down again, will not be the
east interesting Of the many industrial
Incidents Of which the Champ de Mars
will soon afford us the spectacle. San
rravcis'0 Chr0q!clc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
PracticaI PonItry-Feeding.

Perhaps little talk on poultry feed
ing may be interesting says a contribu-
tor of the Prairie FaTmer.
In the first place, how many farmers
feed their poultry at ALI Very few, l
am afraid. | have been watching all
winter, and find that the majority of
farmers let their chickens run around
the farm and scratch where they get
chance, and when the ground is frozen
so that they can't scratch. the chickens
huddle up close to hay or straw stack,
and look as though they would thank
some one to cut their heads OF. When
night comes, they have to go to the pig
pen for supper, or go without, and then
fly up on some shed for the night. Yet
farmers say that hens laying eggs in
winter is all fiction. But such is not the
case, and if they will put up comfortable
buildings for their fowls and feed them
properly, they will find that hen will
lay in winter nearly as well as in summer.
Then they say ''Why, | have tried
feeding my hens, aud they don't lay. -
! \ery true; but what have you fed F?
"Why, l give them all the corn they
want" Well, l don't blame them for
not laying. Now l will tell you what l
D W
In the morning l give my chickens rye,
that is, quart to about sixty hens,
sprinkled in straw 50 that they have to
scratch and l tell you they enjoy
scratching for it, too Then nail up a
couple OF heads OF cabbage in the hen
house, SO that they eau reach it, and let
them eat all they want of i. About
noon give little oats or rye, Just to
get them TO scratch, and at night / give
them the table-scraps, aud, once in a
while, a little sun-hower seed use
corn as little rs possible, as don't think
it is the proper food for laying hens In
the way OF drinks, / give milk alto
gether, and think it far better than
water.
keep my poultry house well bedded
with straw, and even if you don't feed
any grain in the straw, they will scratch
anyway. In very cold weather keeI
FIRE in it and think it pays well.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
ELECTS of Training.

An interesting instance of the RESULT
OF training was recently giyen in my
dairy, says Henry Stewart in the Amsri.
can Aqrcu'tgriL The home. bred cows
are all reared without ever having sucked
their dams and are handled from birth.
There has never been any difficulty in
teaching the calves of these cows to drink
the milk. One lesson, giving the finger
to guide the young thing to the milk in
the pail, aud then gradually taking it
away, has always been sufficient. The
calf of a low purchased some time ago,
and now weaning, has shown an extra
ordinary obstina aud simplicity in re.
fusing to drink, and nearly two weeks
time has been occupied in teaching it.
This COW when calf sucked its dam for
month and her calves up to this have
always sucked. The habit is thus in
bred.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Hillside PIows.

The use of hillside plows Is by no
means confined to blowing hilly land.
Many farmers tthe writer especially use
no other plows for even level land, as
there are several advantages in their use.
Land may be plowed without back or
double furrows, and may be kept per.
fectly level; the land may be narrowed
and sown or planted close up to the
pillow, thus saving time if necessary to do
so. The writer's method Of using these
plows on level land is first to plow a
double open furrow in the middle of the
field; then close this furrow and go on
plowing on one side back and forth un.
til within the width of headland from
the fence; then to plow the other half,
and then go all round the field, and
finish the headlands. A perfectly level
field is left. - .Nelo Yort Tins
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
srmntnms and Cnre OF Rlngworm.

Riagworm (Tinea tonsurans) IS a com
mon disease among horses and cattle,
especially in the winter AS this parasite
is readily transmitted from domestic
animals to man it is not safe to leave it
TO multiply undisturbed. 1t usually ap.
pears on the face, around the nose and
eyes, and as the hair falls of it leaves
bald round spots covered with white
scales and surrounding them there is a
ring Of broken and split hairs, at the
roots Of which there are more or less
small pimples and eruphons. II the dis
case is allowed to spread the entire face
and neck will sometimes become entirely
bald The hairs around the bald spots
should be shaved oil and the skin painted
with iodine, or with solution of corro-
sive sublimate, made by dissolving forty
grains in pint of water. An excellent
ringworm ointment may be made 10y mix
inc together one half ounce of iodine,
two ounces of glycerine and mercuria!
ointment aud eight ounces of olive oil
This ointment should be applied twice
a week until the d sease is checked, and
then the parts washed with soap and
water. -Ne0 York. Sua.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
nisnosaI of House sIons.

Have trees and grass and flowers
around the house to eat up the slops and
dish-water thrown out and emptied here
and there on the premises, and to render
harmless all these substances that in
their decay might endanger peoples
health. This plan is better than to have
drains or sewers as usually constructed
in and near farmhomes. There is safer
way, however, of dealing with house
slops, washing suds and liquids of that
sort. Keep barrel on wheels near the
kitchen door as a fitting receptacle for
all such substances, and empty its con-
tents from time to time upon the garden,
on meadows, or upon the compost heap.
-Amsyic1p 10yicu'tuFiI.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
A Undue Plant.

The gradual extinction of a species is
not an uncommon phenomenon. In
most cases many individuals of the van.
ishing species are known to exist. One
plant, however, seems 10 be perfectly
alone in the world-the last of its race.
This unique specimen is on the island of
st. Helena. II is tree about twenty
feet high, Formerly this species seems
TO have been common on the island,
forming large groves, but the wood
mans az and the rayages OF goats have
left only this single specimen 1t is
unique in another respect and Of great
botanical interest, for it bears flowers
like those of the aster, being in fact,
the only known tree OF the composite, a
family which, with this exception, com.
prises only herbaceous plants. 1t IS TO
be hoped that an attempt will lie made
to propagate the species from the seed
Of this plant.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
Does His Work While Asleep.

Joseph Robinson, twelve years of age,
living with his father four miles south of
81. Joseph, Mo-, is afflicted with neurosis.
Only two cases of the kind have been
known to medical science. The boy
sleeps while standing and walks in his
sleep. While in a hypnotic state he
performs the daily routine of work to
which he has been accustomed, and is
perfectly under the influence of the per
son talking to him. While being
operated on needle was stuck in his
arm, but he did not give the least evi
dence of having experienced pain.
Physicians in consultation thought the
case incurable. - CAicagO EeratL
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08

Advertising a patent medicine In the pccu-
lar way IN which the proprietor uf kemps
3alsam. for Coughs and Colds,doos 70 Ga indeed
wonderful. lie authorizes all druggists 70 give
hose who call for it q sample bottle Hrsc. that
hey may try it before purchasing. The Large
3ottlos are b0c and 81. We certainly would adj
rise a trial Il may save you from consump.
ion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08

To ne Editor-Please inform your readers
that ! have positive remedy for the above
worst cases. So strong Is my faith In its Vtr-
Ues that will send free sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer WhoWtll give
81 c his l. q. and Express address. Resp'y,
H.G. ROOT. NJ. G.. lSi Pearl ST.. New York.
The best cough medicine is piso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. &c.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08

sCoTT's EMULSION Of Pure Cod Liver oil with
dypophosphites is unequalol. The rapidity
With which children gain flesh and strength
Ipon it is very wonderful. Read the 20 low
ng 81 have used SCOTS Emu l-iOl m cases Of
SiCkets and Marasmus OF long standing, aud
ave been NOSE than pleased with the results,
IS in every ca tine Improvement was
narked."-J. Nj MAIN, MD, New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08

A speech Of the Princess Of Waves re-
corded in the phonograph is "Iou are
the most wonderful instrument ! have
ever seen or heard Of. / wish that !
might have one like you for my own"