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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
ALCOHOL DEADENs THE conscience.

Tolstoi. the Russian novelist, in Contem-
pordtV RerieiC writes: People explain
their use OF stimulants and narcotics, such as
brandy, wine, beer, tobacco, hashiSh,
opium, morphia, ether, etc, by saying 1t Is
pleasant; every one drinks; it keeps up the
spirts;' or TO drive away melancholy; the
habit is universal; every oody smokes etc.
But II must be very evident that the man
who, placed by circumstances or his own
acts, in a position that forces him TO choose
between the infection of hardship an1 misery
upon the family that is dear TO him, on the
one hand, and absence from supplying stim-
ulants and narcotics on the other. chooses the
former alternative, is impelled to the choice
by something far more potent than the de-
sire to keep up his spirits, or the speculative
consideration that every one else does the
same.
''The real reason for the extensive use of
these stimulants and narcotics is that they
stupefy and deaden the conscience, and con-
ceal from ones self its records.
"A sober man scruples TO do that which
drunken man will execute without hesitation.
People enjoy stimulants and narcotics either
for tho purpose of sitting remorse after
having performed an action disapproyed OF
by their conscience, or else in order to induce
a state of mind in which they shall be capa-
BILE of doing something contrary TO the dc
tates of their conscience, and to which the
animal nature of man is impelllng him.
"A sober man has conscientious scruples
about stealing or committing murder. A
drunken man, on the contrary is troubled
with no such scruples. Hence it is that II a
person wishes 10 do something which his
conscience forbids he first stupeies his tacul-
ties The courage inspired by drink is re-
sponsible for nine-tenths of the total number
OF crimes that stain humanity.
at is well known that alcohol deadens
the voice Of conscience and people deliber-
ately make use of it for this purpose"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Calls for Domestic Animals.

In controlling the movements Of do
mestic animals by the voice, besides
words Of ordinary import, man uses a
variety Of peculiar terms, calls and inar-
ticulate sounds--not to include whistling
which varies In different localities.
in driving yoked cattle and harnessed
horses, teamsters cry "get up" Casually
"git ep); "click, click" tongue against
the teeth); "gee," "haw," "whoa," or
two" "whosh, +" "back," etc. All of
the above are used in English speaking
countries. In Continental Europe the
same terms are expressed as "arri, y"
f'juh, "jah, p" "gio," etc. In the United
States "gee" directs the animals away
from the driver, hence to the right; but
10 England the same term has the oppo-
site effect, because the "drive side" Is
different to what it is here. In Virginia
the mule drivers "gee" their teams with
cry of "hey-yoe-ee-a." In Norfolk
"woosh. we" is used to tho same effect.
In France "hue" aud "hu-haut" turns
the team to the right; In Germany the
| words ''hott" aud "hotte," while in
Russia the term "hata" serves the same
purpose. To direct animals to the left
another series of terms is used. In call
ing cattle in the field the following cries
bre used in the localities given: BOSS,
bosse," "sake, sake" (ConnecticuD
1900, coo" and ''sook, sock" (Virginia).
In Maryland they say, "sookey" and
"sookew." "Kope, kope" is the com
| mon call for horses over most of the
United States. In Maryland and Ala
bama they say "kope-nanuy" when they
call sheep.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
BADLY EDUCATED CALVES.

Much of the trouble in daries due to
vices in cows is attributable to the bad
education of the calves. The training
of the calf should begin before it has
got upon its feet. 1t should be wrapped
in a sack and carried away to a comfor-
table pen at distance from the COW.
To prevent its recognition of the dam is
the first step to make docile calf. It
relieves the COW from a source of much
nervous excitement, to which quite often
an attack of milk fever is due.
The COW is left in quiet, in dark,
lone pen if possible, for few hours,
when the acceptable meal of warm bran
or oatmeal Cruel is given having pint
of molasses in it. This is laxative and
nutritious and settles the COW to COM
Portable rest for few hours, after which
she is milked and the milk is at once
fed to the calf. A little patience will
suffice to teach the calf its first lesson,
which is to drink the milk, and then a
second one is given. This is to have q
strap around its neck and to be tied in
the pen. 1t will lie down and sleep
quietly until the next milking time,
which will be in twelve hours, when il
will need little more patient teaching
to drink its next meal. BY continuing
such treatment the young thing will soor
learn to drink, and the ninth meal
should be of warm, sweet skinned milk
70 malScl" good calf its milk should bC
given warm as long as milk is given tC
it, which may be three or four months.
--Ne,o Yorb Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
t.Lnnnn MRX.n

"Japan wax" as it is called, is OBJ
tained from a tree, the Rhus Succcdanea,
which grows in Japan, China and the
East Indies. The japanese call 1t HAZE,
or Haze. The tree commences to bear
fruit when five or six years old, and in
creases its product every year, till, at the
age of fifty years, Il single tree will pro-
duco $50 to 400 pounds of berries, from
which seventy to eighty pounds of wax
can be obtained. The wax is formed in
the middle of the berry, between the
skin and the seed, like the pulp of a
grape. 1t is extracted by boiling the
berries in water and allowing it to cool,
when the wax separates from the skin
and seed, sinking to the bottom of the
vessel in a solid cake. The specific gravity
of the wax is 0.970, and its melting
point 131 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t is
largely used, either alone or mixed with
tallow, by the Chinese in the manufac-
ture of candles. This tree should not be
confounded with the "tallow tree" OF
China, which has pith of solid tallow
in all trees that have fully matured.-
pic1L1lue
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Safety Bridges.

Next to mining disasters railway acci-
dents have done most TO counterbalance
the partiality of nature in exempting
large portions Of the Temperate Zone
from the earthquake and tornadoes Of
the equatorial regions. In the United
States alone the pcrils Of the iron high
ways have proved more destructive of
human life than the wrath of hostile ele-
ments IN the tropics of the entire West
ern Hemisphere, and, since the invention
of air-brakes, no other contrivance has
promised to do as much in diminishing
those perils as the device by which a
French engineer now proposes to in
sure the safety of railway bridges. This
apparatus is founded on the principle
that weak link in the construction OF
suspension bridges, etc., will betray it
self by yielding more readily to uni
form strain, and will greatly lessen the
possibility of such disasters as that OF
the Ashtabula express and the Swiss ex
cursion train.--Noo York Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Five Thousand Years Old.

Mr.. Flenders Petrie has made another
important discovery in Egypt, at Medium,
where he has untombed the oldest dated
Egyptian temple yet found, and the only
pyramid temple known. 1t was buried
under forty feet of rubbish, and belongs
to the old Empire. Hieratic inscriptions
in black paint within the chambers fix
the name of the builder as Sueiru, King,
connecting the third and fourth dynas-
ties, and sometimes placed in one or the
other (4000 b. c., or earlier). Mr.. Pc
trie thinks the rubbish choked up the
entrance about three hundred years after
the erection of the temple, which is
situated in front of the eastern face of a
pyramid. - Picduune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02

turned. that was not wilted more than
grass that had been cut here for three
hours. And it did not seem to be in
jured very seriously. In our climate
few days of such exposure would make
the hay flt only for the dung heap. Why
this difference2
When grass and clover are growing
the leaves aud flowers are covered with
film of gum. Pull off clover blossom
and you find it sweet. If 1t were not
for this film of gum or wax the rains
and dews would wash out the sugar.
When we cut the clover or grass and it
dries rapidly, the film of wax cracks and
then the nin can get at the sugar and
wash it out. This is the one most i'm
portant fact TO be clearly understood
and observed in curing grass. The
reason why the grass that had been cut so
long in England was injured so much less
than we should have supposed was due
to the fact that the weather was so wet
and the air so charged with moisture
that the grass remained nearly as green
and full of sap as if it had not been cut.
The film Of wax was still unbroken and
the rain could not get at the sugar. If
we cut field of clover, and rain imme-
diately follows, before the clover willis,
no harm is done. But il the clover Is
partially cured and Is then allowed to lie
out exposed to the rain or even to
heavy dew, much loss Of sugar and other
soluble matter will be sustained.
Our own plan of curing clover or a
mixture of clover and grass is to start a
couple of moving machines in the after
noon, and not touch it again until next
morning. While it is green the dew in
the night will not injure it, and II it
should rain in the night or the next
morning little or no damage will be
done. 1t is better not to touch the hay
until there is a chance OF getting it dry
enough to put into cock. Fortunately,
as soon as the rain is over and we have a
clear sky and brisk wilma the hay will
dry with wonderful rapidity. We want
no eight-hour men on such a day, unless
they do not commence work before noon.
The hay must be got into cock before
one leaves the field. 1t is then, If the
cocks are we'll made, comparatively safe.
We like to get hay in without rain. If
it is not cut too early and has not been
injured by rains or dews, it is astonish-
ing how green it can be put in the NOW
without injury. The richer the sap the
better it will keep. A few days of sharp
fermentation will do no hatm. The
heat generated will kill the microbes,
and decomposition will stop.
1t should be remembered thst-there is
quite difference between internal and
external moisture. Ordinary greer
clover or grass, when cut, contains
seventy-five per cent. of water. II
other words, ton of grass contain
1900 pounds of water and 500 pound
of dry hay. A ton of dry hay, wher
growing, contains 5000 pounds of water
1t is not necessary to get rid Of all thi
water. If 5000 pounds are evaporated
the hay as put in the barn would contain
thirty-three and one-third per cent. o
water. If the heat generated in th
NOW evaporated 800 pounds more waite
the hay would then contain twenty pc
cent. OF water. This is little NOR
than hay as sold or fed out usually con
tains.-AmericGn Agriculiuritt.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
"a Feather in His Cap.n

"a feather in his cap" signifying
honor and distinction, arose from the
custom prevalent among the ancient Syr-
ians, and perpetuated to-day among the
various savage or semi-civilize1 tribes of
Asia aud America, of adding a new
feather to their headgear for every enemy
slain. In the days of chivalry the maiden
knight received his casque featherless,
and won his plumes as he had won his
spurs. Int manuscript written by Rich
ard Hensard in 1898, and preserved in
the British Museum, it is said of the
Hungarians that it had been an ancient
custom among them that none should
wear feather but he who had killed a
Turk, and TO such only it was lawful to
show the number of feathers in their
caps. In Scotland and Wales it is still
customary for the sportsman who kills
his first woodchuck to pluck. out q
feather and stick it in his CO -Bostoy
Transcript,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
LONG TAIL ON COW.

w. II. Seeley, of Kalamazoo, Mich, a
dairyman of long experience, says: "I
know of no physiological reason why a
long tail is a good sign in a dairy COW,
but | do know that all our best cows
have them Mr.. J. B. Knapp, of Port
land, Ore, gave corresponding opinion
in theDdirynda not long ago. The Hol-
landers for hundreds of years have OBJ.
served that their most promising and
long-milking cows had long tails. Hence
it becomes settled thing with them that
the tail should extend at least below the
hook. The Ddirgman says "The long
tail is an indication of nerve power, and
that is thing that is always to be de-
sired in a COW. 1t is equivalent to what
we call the staying power in race
horse.n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
ROADS AND RoApMAKINa.

The Alabama Agricultural Expert
ment Station at Auburn has issued an
interesting bulletin on this subject from
which the following extracts are taken;
As an unnecessarily long road would
increase the cost of construction, the cost
of repairs, and the cost of time and labor
in travelling over it, it should, other
things being equal, be perfectly straight,
but straightness should always be sac
rificed to obtain level or make the road
less steep. This is one of the most i'm
portant principles to be observed, and
yet ismost often violated. Roads should
be made to curve sometimes for economy
in construction, such as to avoid swampy
or bad ground, or to avoid large exca-
vations, or to reach points on streams
better suited for the approach of bridges.
Besides It's substantial advantages, the
gently curving road is much more pleas
ant to the traveller, for he is not ia
tigued by the tedious prospect of long
straight stretch to be traversed, but is
met at each curve by a constantly varied
view.
The proper width for a road depends
of course upon the Importance aud the
amount of travel upon it. The least
width to enable vehicles to pass is as
sumed at sixteen and half feet. In Eng
land the width of turnpikes approaching
large towns is sixty feet. Ordinary turn
pixies are thirty-fve feet wide, and Or
dinary carriage roads across the country
are given q width of twenty-five feet. In
France the roads vary in width from
sixty-six feet to twenty-slx feet, and all
have the middle portion ballasted with
stone. In New York ali public roads are
laid out by the Commissioners of High
ways and are not less than three rods
wide between fences, aud no more OF
them need be worked or formed into o
surface for travelling than is deemed
necessary.
The drainage of a road by suitable
bitches is one of the most important Gle
ments. All attempts at improvement are
useless till the water is thoroughly got
rid Of These bitches are sunk to a depth
of about three feet below the roadway,
so as to thoroughly drain off the water
which may pass through the surface oI
the roadway.
In repairing roads the earth used
should be as gravellY as possible and free
from vegetable earth. Sod or turf
though at first tough, soon decays and
forms the softest mud in wet weather
Stones Of considerable size should not be
used, as they will not wear uniformly
with the rest of the road, and will pro.
duce hard bumps and ridges.
A gravel road carefully made, will
good side bitches to thoroughly drair
the road-bed, forms an excellent road
Some gravel roads are very poor, causeC
in great measure by using dirty gravel
which is carelessly thrown on the road il
spots, which causes the road to soon wea
into deep ruts and hard ridges.-St
Louis Republic.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
s. August.
Flower

Mrs. Sarah M. Black of SCI
Mo-, during the past two year
been affected with Neuralgia oi
Head, Stomach and Womb,
writes: my food did not seei
strengthen me at all and my "a
tite was very variable. My
was yellow, my head dull, and l ~
such pains in my left side. In
morning when 1 got up l wotN
have flow Of mucus in the mott
and bad, bitter taste. Sometin
my breath became short, and hsH
such queer, tumbling, palpitati'i4
sensations around the heart. / ache
all day under the shoulder blade
in the left side, and down the bacA
of my limbs. 1t seemed to be WON
in the wet, cold weather of Wint6/
and Spring; and whenever the spell
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and l could Pet no sleep
at all. l tried everywhere, and go
no relief before using August Flows
Then the change came. 1t has don
me a wonderful deal of good during
the time l have taken it and is work
ing a complete cure" q
G. C. GREW Sole Nan'fr, Woodbury. n, j.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
nRfNKlNa ANp LoNeEvIlY.

A medical authority, says an English pa
per, has advised lite-insuranco companies to
issue policies to reformed inebriates only at
the same rates as TO old men IN order that
financially they may be properly guarded.
1t is held that man of forty eight who had
been hard drinler, but had abandoned the
practice, would probably have longevity so
company in dealing with him as though he
were from sixty five to seventy years old.
It will be seen from this that the chances of
longevity are promoted by abstinence in
early life as well as in later years; that in
the matter of using strong drink it is better,
as DR.. Cuyler with much pertinence has said,
to ''stop before you begin"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Tho Mlkndos american soldier.

A soldier of fortune who has had an
interesting career in the Orient is Colonel
Wasson, the first American officer ever
admitted to the japanese army. The
Colonel is tall, distingue and well pre-
served man. lie went into the Civil
War private and came out major,
going afterward to Japan, where his ser.
vices in reorganizing the Mikados army
procured him colonelcy. In one of the
Japanese instructions he was sentenced
to be beheaded, but no escaped, was re
stored to favor, and is now high in tn,
Mikado's esteem Chicago Post.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Meerschaum I'm New Mexico.

The discovery of a large deposit OF
meerschaum near Silver City, New
Mexico, has just been made public. Sew
eral months ago Clark Rogers discovered
the cropping and brought specimen to
this place. Pieces were sent to Berlin
and Vienna, and few days ago the re-
suits of the tests were received here
Experts in both Of these cities reported
that the specimens were genuine meer
schaum, and Mr.. Rogers and M. w
Neff, of Silver City, Immediately went ou
to the place where the discovery wa
made and located a claim, ,--Ne,O YorI
Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02

An analysis of the vaunted Russian speci-
fic for the redemption OF inebriates has con-
firmed the fact that total abStinencs is, after
all. the best cure, as well as the best pre-
ventive of alcoholism. The plan Of DIR.
Fedor Portugaleif consists in treating topers
to a subcutaneous injection OF mud which
now proves to consist of a rather strong
solution of strychnine. Experience seems
to show that repeated doses of the antidote
actually beget an indifference, and at last a
positive aversion, to alcohol but also that
the patient becomes dependent upon the
tonic effect of the counter.poison. In other
words. the supposed remedy delivers the re-
formed topper into the hands of another
poison habit We might as well recommend
the introduction of French roulette to pre-
vent the spread Of the baccarat epidemic -
Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Ingenious Cup and Saucer.

An ingenious cup and saucer has been
devised for the special purpose of keep
ing the food of invalids warm when re.
quired. The cup is nodded with three
feet, allowing an air space of about half
an inch between its bottom and the
saucer. In the centre Of the saucer is a
trimmed depression, within which is
placed a piece of lighted charcoal,
which is supplied at cheap rate in the
form of tablets. From this there are no
fumes or unpleasant smells, and the food
of the invalid, of whatever nature it
may happen to be, is kept warm for fully
an hour Chicago NetoS.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
Eperv one suffers

1lVCfU OftC optU Wv
from Catarrh in the Head. Those
who don't have it suffer from those
who do. It's a disease you can't
keep to yourself.
Here are some Of the symptoms :
Headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and acrid,
at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody, putrid, and often
sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness; offensive breath; smell
and taste impaired, and general de-
bility. But only a few OF these
likely to be present at once.
The cure for it-for Catarrh it
self, and all the troubles that como
from it-a perfect and permanent
cure, is DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The worst cases yield TO its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties. A record of 25 years
has proved that to its proprietors
and they're willing TO prove it
to you.
They do it in this way; If they
can't cure your Catarrh, no matter
how bad your case, or of how long
standing, they'll pay you $500 In
cash. Can you have better proof OF
the healing power of medicineP
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
TEMPERANCE.

AND THE RIGHT SHALL WIN.
We are fighting mighty battle
'Gainst iiquordom's dread array;
We are waging deadly conflict
But we know we shall win the dayl
Though the odds are often against us,
Well labor and work and pray
Our rallying- cry scars above wars din
We fight for the right and the right shall
winl
We have captured some spoil from our foe
men,
Some citedels counted so strong;
We are battering still at his strongholds,
We will conquer them all ere long
We have planted our flag on his rampartS,
Mid music and shout and song,
Our triumph means victory DER drink-caused
sin,
We fight for the right and the right shall
winl
Wafight 'gainst the desecration
That marketh Gods holy day;
We fight 'gainst the daily traffic
In posons, that myriads slay.
We fight 'gainst the drinking customs
The customs that lure astray,
'Gainst the foes OF our friends, our kith and
kin
We fight for the right, and the right shall
win!
-National Temperance Advocate.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
THE NEST GEESE.

A Connecticut poultry man, who
speaks from his own experience, distinct
ly states that: "No amount of good food
will fptten geese of mongrel type"
The best and the quickest birds to-day
of good flesh in his opinion are those
produced by Embden geese crossed by
the Toulouse. He feeds his geese with
wheat and barley grain aud barley meal
with brewers grains, all of which are
good fattening foods. He also feeds tur-
nip and marigold tops, which arc greatly
relishcd.-Neto York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02

At Walkerville, Montana, one night re.
Gently, two children, Michael j and Mary
Ellen Downey, aged four and three years re-
spectively, died from the effects OF drinking
whisky. That morning Mrs. Downey stepped
out to a neighbor's house. A neighbor called
during her absence and saw on the kitchen
floor a demiiohn of whisky. The boy and
girl had been drinking the liquor. When the
mother returned the boy was quite intoxi-
Gated and soon fell limp to the floor, Emetics
were given and physician applied restora-
tives to keep the heart beating. The girl
died about II 80 at night and the boy
breathed his last an hour later.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-09-02

New York has four coroners receiving
$4,000 each, and four deputies, who are
also physicians, getting $4,000 each, be-
side three clerks, messenger aud
stenographer.