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The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
4 MOTHERS LOVE.
With Breaking Heart Sho Reads Her
Daughters Funeral Service.

With Breaking Aear6 Sho Reads Ho1
Daughters Funeral Service.
There was simple funeral at Oak
woods cemetery on a recent Sunday,
says the Chicago Tribune. No priest
Or minister was there to read the bur
ial service - only a heart-broken
mother who saw her only daughter go
to her grave, while a man who had
been stranger to both and the under
talzer watched the silent grief as the
:of1in was hidden under the clay.
Unfortunate Mamie Jennings, whose
cody was taken from the lake off Hyde
Pa:k Thanksgiving day, would have
gone to u paupers grave but for the
kindness OF J. p Luby, an operator on
The board of trade, who read the story
Of the suicide and himself arranged fo1
e respectable, Christian burial. The
mother of the girl is without money
and, but for the aid of Mr.. Luby, who
had known neither, the girl would have
been buried by the county.
Mrs. Jennings claimed to have asked
Kendall Street Christian church, where
the girl attended services, to send q
minister to conduct the funeral. There
was no minister present, however, and
the mother, rather than see her daugh.
ter buried without religious observ.
ance, stood beside the coffin of her
daughter and read portion of the
eleventh chapter of the Gospel of St
John: "For am the resurrection and
the life She read and there came 6
solemn amen from the two who looked
on in reverent silence.
Snow had covered the mounds o.
earth about the new made grave an6
headstones were half hidden by the
mantle of white. Near by, long line
of carriages wound in and out among
the leahess trees, following the hearse
containing the remains of daughter
whose life had been passed in the
midst of riches and of luxury. Above
her grave were heaped beautiful
wreaths of flowers until the dark clay
was hidden and sorrowing friend!
stood by and sought to soften the grie:
of mother and father.
At the other grave the mother gave
one look across the snow and theI
placed little bunch of faded forget
me-nots on the grave Of her child and
turned to where the one carriage stood
There were no tears in her eyes, and
as she gave a last look at the mound
and the poor offering of flowers she
said: "Thy will be done.''
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
BETTING IN ENGLAND.
A Habit That Has an All-Absorbing Inhu
enco Over the Mind.

A Habit That Has an All-Absorbing Infu-
ence Over the Mind.
There is still a good deal of CONVEX
sation in many countries upon the sub.
ject of gambling, particularly in Great
Britain, where betting is q serious dan
ger to the happiness and stability of
families. In that country, says the
Youths Companion, there is not only
en- incredible amount of betting upon
races, but in many households it is a
custom to play cards for money. The
stakes indeed are small, but it is now
contended that even such trifing
stakes impart to a game Of whist kind
of interest and excitement that is not
harmless.
An anecdote in point was related the
other day by the Times. Lord Fall
mouth, noted breeder of race-horses,
made bet of sixpence with his trainer
that a certain horse would win a GER
tain race. He was opposed to betting
on principle, but did not consider that
sixpence amounted:to a. bet. But, hav-
ing lost his wager, he did not like to
hand over to the winner SUM that
seemed ridiculous. So he had the six
pence set as the base of a breastpin,
which consisted of large carbuncle
cut into the form of a jockey cap, the
button of which was diamond. This
setting raised the humble sixpence to
the Importance of a large bet. Again
he lost 'sixpence to the same trainer.
This time he caused the coin to be set
inside the lid of silver snuff box, with
the monogram of the trainer handsome
ly carved on the outside. Thus can a
man of principle cheat himself into a
gross departure from it. In the same
spirit ladies who sit in the grand stand
persuade themselves that pairs OF kid
gloves do not amount to- a bet.
To many Americans who do not feel
the need Of frightening the interest of
innocent games in this way. and do not
want to get other peoples money for
nothing, the mania for this kind OF
gam bling seems strange and unaccount-
able. Accepting money under such
conditions may be less disgraceful
than picking pocket, but not much
less.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Feminine Coon Hunters.

A party of young women of Fulton,
Mo-, got up coon hunting party few
days ago. The boys were vigorously
excluded. The party started out with
four dogs, two guns, two axes and big
basket of lunch. EARLY next morning
the whole neighborhood started out to
hunt the hunters, and found them deep
in the woods, all sitting in a row on a
log, crying dreadfully. They admitted
that they got hopelessly lost in the
woods within couple Of hours after
the start.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
Not Accustomed to Gloves.

European ladies are often invited to
visit the harems of the rich Moors in
Morocco, and some time ago one of the
inmates beautiful young girl
tainted at the sight Of one Of the lady
visitors removing her gloves The girl
thought the woman was removing a
thick skin from her hand, and the sight
frightened her so much that it was some
time before she could regain conscious
ness. EsS#.
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
The Weight of a "Grain. -

The smallest measure of weight in
use, the grain. has it's name from being
originally the weight Of a grain of
wheat. A statute passed in England in
1866 ordained that thirty -two grains Of
wheat, taken from the middle Of the
car, or head, and well dried, should
make q pennyweight. twenty Of which
should make an ounce, while twelve
ounces were to make q pound. The
pound, therefore consisted of 1850
Inns. Some centuries later the penny
Rht was divided into twentyfour
M which make the troy pound, as
anoNused, 5,76o grains. The penny
49, Sc the exact weight g the Old
"a &
The Irish standard., 1891-12-26
A Queer Coincidence.

"A deaf mute who was walking on the
track Of the Flint & Pere Marquette
railroad was killed by a locomotive.
Two years before he was struck, but
not seriously injured, by the same loco
motive, driven by the same engineer.
and at nearly the same place.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22

high had a root thirteen inches long.
Three-fourths of the roots would not
have been broken by cultivating three
inches deep, but all except one would
have been at four inches.
Seven other plants had ninety-seven
roots, of which seventy-eight were
traced, with few exceptions, their en-
tire length. Rather more than three
fourths of the roots would not have been
broken by cultivation three inches deep;
nearly two. thirds would have been at
four inches. Over one-third were four
inches deep at six inches from their base.
Three went straight down.
The roots Except those at the seed,
which afterwards die) start usually at
from one to two inches from the surface,
without reference to the depth at which
the seed has been planted. In case the
seed has been planted deeper than this,
the stem is simply elongated between the
first or seminal whorl, and the second or
frst modal whorl. Thus, unless %necessi-
tated by d~ryness, nothing Is gained by
planting corn over three inches deep.
Deeper planting would merely require of
the plants extra force and time to reach
q position where the roots which eventu-
ally nourish them will grow.-Neo York
World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

OF the new mayors in England and Wales,
thirty'fou III are abstainers.
A Toronto paper figures out that the
d%runkards of that city lost Sl9l, GS2in wages
last year.
1t must be something of a surprise to the
devil that he finds it so easy to find men who
are willing to sell whisky.
When the devil gets a man in the habit Of
drinking whisky he feels sure that he can get
him to do almost anything.
Mrs. Laura Bridgman, President of the
National W. c. T.. u. of South Africa, has
for thirty years been a missionary in that
country.
Twenty acres of land nave been given to
the National W. G.. 7. U. School of Methods
in Asheyille, N. c., for the carrying forward
Of that enterprise.
DIR. Belroth, the great Vienna surgeon,
says; The colossal increase of nerve and
mind disease in our day is undoubtedly the
result, TO a great extent of the tobacco and
alcohol habit, and the straining Of the nerv-
Gus system caused by these poisons."
In 1888 Robert Coles, of Massachusetts,,
was fined elO for abusing himself shame
fully with drink" and sentenced to stand
with "a drunkardn in great letters ON a
white sheet on his back ''soe longe as the
court thinks meete." What a standing
army we would have il the courts Of the
present day should adopt the same mode of
punishment in similar casesl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

Montana has a woman lawyer.
Cleopatra crepe is a new fabric.
Hats are mostly of medium size.
Coat basques are considered smart.
Plum purple is becoming to most
faces.
Shell hairpins again usurp those Of
metal.
Black silk handkerchief arc considered
vulgar.
The latest toilet invention is a water
proof rouge.
Bedford cords, lace and ribbon stripes
appear in grenadines.
All wool surah cloth in all the latest
colors isnew and pretty and cheap.
S~erviceable jackets for ladies are made
of black and colored fancy woolens.
The Chicago Qll) Presbytery has pro-
nounced against training as
d~eaconesses.
The Empress of Austria, who suffers
much from rheumatism, has a lady doctor
in attendance.
Stripes will reduce the width of a fat
woman, and even Sarah Berphardt would
be fat in a plaid dress.
There is dressmaking establishment
in London, England, where ladies' own
materials are made up.
According to statistical reports $780,
600 married women are engaged in bust
ness pursuits in Germany.
Women who long ago discarded the
hanging, dangling, clashing things in
silver still cling to the crystal chatelaine
watch.
The prayer book fad for brides has
had its day. Miss Ava Willing, now
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, reinstated the
bouquet.
"Old man Worth, " as the modistes
call him, is said to be the worst tempered
man in the world, since Carlyle. His
growl is simply terrifying.
One of the gifts at the Shepard
Schieffelin wedding in New York City
was a solid silver tray, thirty inches in
diameter, and valued at $500.
Bridemaids have always suffered, no
matter now charming they may be, be-
cause they naturally precede the BRIDE
and are lost in the halo of her interesting
%brilliancy.
Feathers are supposed to make a
woman look younger, Hence the popu-
larity of the ostrich, which from the
rostrum of the millinery shop is the king
of all birds.
Dressy evening toilets are made of
rose, mauve or blue matelasse satins
splintered with gold. These are COM
bined with lace, gauzc or embroidered
silk muslin.
No less than 1900 young girls and
women homeless, friendless, helpless and
foodless sleep in the open-all-night shell
tiers of Stepney Green, London, Eng
land, in a year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
B~LANKETINe n

The noble organs within the chest re-
quires protection in cold weather, and
especially when the animal is heated bv
fast work. The blanket is almost indis-
pensible, as a protection. 1t should per-
feetly cover the chest and body far back
of the loins, even to the root of the tail.
No animal when heated, even when
blanketed should stand long in a draught.
The thick muscles of the rump REQUIRE
no special cover. A blanket that will
buckle snugly under and behind the
chest is the best for fast driving horses
when heated. A horse gets stitTened in
his f%orequarters and f%orefeet when ex-
posed to a cold draught when heated.
Clipped horses, when properly covered,
are not so liable to founder as long coated
horses ~profusely sweating. For more
perfect protection the double breasted
blanket is a special preventive of founder.
Never forget that a merciful man is
merciful to his beast, aside from the loss
in value that may follow neglect
american Agricuburist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
ALCOHOL AND EARLY DEATH.

T. ID. Crothers, NJ. D., editor of the
Journal of Inebriety and Superintendent of
the Walnut Lodge Hospital for Inebriates,
says in a letter to the Voice:
1.-The questions you ask relate to very
common facts observed constantly. From
seventy to eighty per cent. Of all alcohol and
opium inebriates have a marked heredity,
dating from moderate or excessive drinking
parents or grandparents, or diseases of the
brain and nervous system.
Theoretically and literally, to a degree
that is as nearly absolute as any thing can be
in science, the degeneration from the use of
alcohol moderately, or in excess, as a bever-
age, is transmitted to the next generation.
Not always in a crave for drink, but in con-
stitutional defects of brain and nervous sys-
tenn, in lowered vitality, detective vigor and
lessened power Of resistance to disease.
MANY very ardent temperance workers
are children of drinking parents, but they
are always defective in many ways. They
often become insane from slight causes,
break down in early life, and are chronic
invalids ever after. Many parents with
an insane tendency have inebriate and
consumptive children. All moderate use
Of spirits makes children more apt to lie
some insane or consumptive from the slight
est exciting causes, or be excessive users Of
spirits. The children of moderate drinkers
are less able to bear the strains and drains of
modern civilization; hence they are early ex-
hausted and find relief from alcohol and
opium and other narcotics. The evidence of
this fact is in the observation of every one,
and beyond all question. In fifteen years
constant study of these cases, l nave never
seen a family of moderate drinkers that was
followed by robust, healthy children. L
have seen some very bright children from
such parentage in some cases, but in every
Instance they died out early, from degenera-
aon which a more vigorous race wouldhave
overcome. l believe no fact can be sus-
tained by more conclusive evidence than
this. ''rhe children of moderate or Excess
live users of spirits are always weakly and
Of more unstable brain and nervous system;
more likely TO be ~inebriates, to suffer from
nervous diseases, To be insane, to die of con-
sumption, TO be defective in every way, and
% die early"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
HINTS ON PRUNING.

Pruning can be done on mild days.
Plum trees, if at all, should be pruned
at once. Cut the new growth of stray
Cling growers back one-third or one-
half. This will thin the crop aud pre-
vent injury to the tree from overbear-
ing and breakage. Peaches may DE
treated about the same way. Always
avoid cutting large limbs unless they are
dead or diseased. Where two branches
try to occupy the place where one is suf-
fcient, remove one. In a general way,
when pruning, try to provide for the
convenience of the fruit-gatherer.
Hedges of deciduous kinds to be pruned
during mild days. At the South, nearly all
shrubs may now be pruned, while for the
North several weeks later will do very
well. The shrubs that bear their bloom
on new wood, such as ROSES, althnas,
late Towering, spireas, burning bush,
hardy h~ydraugeas, ETC., may be cut back
quite severely at this season with good
results. Do not use the knife now on
shrubs that bear their flowers on the old
wood, except when necessary for the i'm.
provcment of general shape. Severe
pruning in this case would simply re-
duce the amount of bloom. After the
Towering season is the proper time for
thorough pruning of such gro this. -
Popular Gardening.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
INToxIcANTs IN INDIA.

Whoever doubts the ability of intoxicants
TO create a demand for themselves when
placed in the market, should study the his
tory of liquor legislation in India. Under
Moslem rule, strict prohibition obtained 1.
The Hindu Peshwas, in the main, continued
the same policy toward intoxicants. but with
the entrance of the British came the plan of
regulation. Fifty years of excise law served
TO debauch the nation. Not the ignorant
and debased were the sole chief victims.
Strong drink came in like "a flood, CARRYING
down in ruin some of the brightest minds
among the highcaste Hindus. In 1860, Pro.
lessor Peary Churn Sircar, moved by the
wreck OF leaders in his own city, Calcutta.
organized the native temperance society.
there is an Indian proverb which says:
Where the elephant is swept away by the
Hood, what hope have the sheep to pass oxverg'
Professor Sircar was doubtless reminder of
TINS, when he saw the first native Judge of
the Calcutta High Court; the editor OF the
leading newspaper; the modern epic poet of
India, and the orator known as the Bengal
Demosthenes carried under by ntemperance
he lived to enlist 10000 members in his total
abstinence society, and the number now
reaches co. 200.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
Curious Use Of Mlcrohes.

A Norwegian naturalist, DIR. Nelson,
states that fishermen in his country have
been catching whales with the aid OF
diseased bacteria for more than five CEN
turtles. Every season whales enter a mar
row inlet of the sea near the town of Bcr-
gen and when one is discovered the fish
ermen go out in boats, drive him further
up the narrow bay, and stretch a net
across the mouth of the inlet. Their
primitive implements are insufficient
alone to capture and land the animal
imprisoned, which is usually twenty or
thirty feet long, and very strong. They
accordingly shoot into him arrows in-
fected with the poison of some infectious
disease-apparently sympathetic anthrax
and in twenty-four or thirty-six hours
he becomes so weakened by the growth
of bacilli in the wounds that men with
harpoons are able to land him.-Trentoa
(N. ~ american.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
VALUE OF MARSH MUD AS A FERTILIZER

VALUE OF AIRS MUD AS A FERTILIZER.
The sediment of salt marshes contains
sufficient fertilizing matter to pay for
getting it on to the land. This mud,
when drained and dried so as TO be
easily handled, contains three pounds Of
phosphoric acid and eight pounds nitro
gen in a ton, which are worth 81. so,
while it can be dug and hauled for thirty
cents. It has been used with useful ef-
feet upon grass lands, pastures, and on
light sandy soils. Mud which contains
any considerable quantity of organic
matter, as shellfsh, sea weeds, etc, is
worth considerably more than the AMOUNT
above mentioned. There is no danger
of using too much of it.-Nep YORK.
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
TIE RRrpraRooMs WE'RE DRINK.

A recent Pittsburgh lPenn) telegram
mentions that on a single evening in that
city, four expectant brides, who were in
readiness for the marriage ceremony, were
disappointed through the non-appearance of
the men whom they were to marry on &C.
count of drunkenness. In one case many in
vited guests and the minister were in atten-
dance and waiting from 1880 till 9 o'clock,
when word came that John was drunk,
and the party dispersed. In three cases the
disappointed girls reconsidered, and decided
that they would notmsrry the men who had
nus disgraced themselves. In this decision.
says the Temperance Advocate, thoy are
wise, and it is to be hoped they will adhere
to it. Drunkenness and marriage, in the
best sense, are Incompatible.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
ALCOHOL AND BR1eHr.s n1srAsr.

Medical testimony concerning alcoholic in
diligence as a prolific cause Of serious disease
of the kidneys is cumulative. Among the
six hundred papers presented to the late In
ternational Medical Congress at Berlin, was
one by Professor T. Granger Stewart. of
Edinburgh, Scotland, in which he said:
Among the causes of Brights disease few
are more important than excessive indul-
gence in alcohol, and few tend more TO keep
up renal irritation when it has been estab-
lished.' He does not wholly discard alcohol,
but the stronger distilled liquors 'must al
ways be well Diluted with water or milk;
heavy wines should be avoided, and he adds:
with regard TO malt liquors, l find it best
to avoid them altogether, and very rarely to
allow a light and pure German beer, hut
only when specially indicated, and never for
habitual USE There is an abundance of
other medical testimony, of high character,
to show that it is better to omit even the
minimum of alcohol which Professor Grain
ger is disposed to recommend. Experience
has demonstrated that abstinence is wiser
and safer than moderation .n-National Ad-
rocdte.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
coops roR SITTING HENS.

As a p%recaution against storms and
severe cold, all the coops for sitting hens
should be placed in the poultry-house or
under a shed. When tho hens come off
with their broods the coops should be
carried into the barn during stormy
weather, and they should be so con
structed as to permit of carrying the hens
and chicks in the coops. No matter how
closely a hen may hover her chicks, she
cannot protect them in winter when they
are exposed to severe cold, and Che chicks
will sometimes become chilled during the
day when they are picking up bits out
side Of the coop. All coops for hens
with broods should be well Uttered with
cut hay, and every care used to have
them as warm as can be. When the hen
is sitting, her nest should be in a warm
place and her food placed where she can
reach it without being compelled to go
very far from the nest. -Farm and Fire
s,de.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1891-04-22
HISTORY OF MEXICAN TEMPERANCE.

In a discussion of the "Origin of Teetotal-
ism, the Rev. q. p. Sewall, of Troy. Penn,
says that in 1917 Joseph Palcott, a minister
of the Society Of Friends, sent an address TO
the Presbyterian Synod Of Geneva, on the
subject OF temperance, and the Synod re-
solved TO cooperate with him in dicouraging
the manufacture and the unnecessary use OF
ardent spirits. Next year, 1918, the synod,
advancing somewhat, resolved that the more
etfectually TO check the alarming sin of in
temperance, the Synod earnestly recon-
mends TO all its members wholly to abstain
from the use of ardent spirits. except for
medical purposes. This was, probably. the
first hint of teetotalism. In 1896 the Rev.
joel Jewell, who still lives, induced a tenn
perance society, of which he was secretary.
10 add wine to ardent spirits in its
pledge. and 'Teetotalism'' was speedily
adopted by a great host of men, women
and youth of both sexes. -P~res6yterian 90.
SerUeT.