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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
WHAT BEES WEIGH.

Key in his old but excellent work on
bees, p. 92, says: at takes 100 drones
to weigh 1 o., 200 workers; 1910
workers to weigh h., 1880 workers to
make 1 pit To see how the bees in the
olden time agreed in weight with those
of to-day, John w. White, Lancaster,
Wis, by several trials, weighing the
bees after long fasting found it took 4106
to weigh 1 h.; they were stupitied by
chloroform, weighed, then as soon as
they recovered were fed, when each bee
weighed Is mg. more than before, or
when full fed it took only 1926 bees to
weigh 1 Id. Surprised at these results,
l repeated the experiment twice over,
using the most delicate scales. 1t took
1922 to weigh l lb., or after slipping
their full of honey, 31S1. think on
the average we are pretty safe when We
use round numbers and say it takes about
1000 bees to weigh ID. 1t has been
determined by very careful examination
that there are often 10000 bees in ,
single colony at the time of gathering il
early summer; thus we see that a single
hive may contain 10 lbs. Bees are now
sold quite largely by the pound. A very
popuious colony would permit the send
ing out of ten 1 10. packages and one
queen.-Professor A. j. Cook.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
MAKING GLAD THE WASTE PLACES.


f. II. Valentine, of New Jersey,
writes in the American Agriculturist that
the results that may be secured from the
utilization of waste places by planting
them to fruits, flowers and vegetables,
are often surprising. Besides the pc
cuniary returns, the qualification Of see
ing the barren or weed infested spots
bud and blossom, and bear fruit is
great. The saying is as true in regard
to the soil as it is trite in general, that
nature abhors vacuum; and, unless the
soil be occupied with something useful,
it will surely bring forth crop Of un-
slightly weeds. How much, in this di-
rection, may be accomplished with lit
tie effort, was evidenced by a last sea-
sons experiment.
A board walk, parallel with the south
side of my dwelling, left a strip of earth
less than foot in width uncovered. At
one end, a moon flower was planted so
that it could be trained over a porch.
Later in the season, its beautiful white
and fragrant flowers were a daily-or
rather nightly---delight for many weeks.
Next this, number of tomatoes were
planted, and, as they grew, were trained
up the side oil the house by string. The
woym, sunny exposure suited them per-
fectly, aud they bore and ripened a
great many splendid fruits, until long
after the frost had killed those in more
exposed situations. Nor was there much
rot, though fruits on similar plants q
short distance away in open ground
rotted badly. 1t was real pleasure TO
pick them as they hung in the air, clean
and sound. Besides the tomatoes, there
was a row of pole beans, which twined
on stout cord, extending from nails
driven into the edge of the board walk
up to the side of the house as high as
could conveniently reach. In a short
time, these formed a solid green wall,
loaded with great fat, clean pods, filled
with delicious, waxy beans. Meal after
meal this short row furnished US, besides 6
quantity saved for seed. Earlier in tn,
season, lettuce and radish seeds hat
been scattered, indiscriminately, over {
part of the surface, and for many day
these furnished an abundant family sup
ply. The little strip, perhaps thirty fee
long, furnished a supply of the bes
quality of vegetables, that would hav
cost several dollars if purchased
| and the satisfaction derived amply re
paid all the labor. There are thousand
of such spots that could be easily an'
profitably improved in similar manner
But in addition to the profit thus de
rived there is the pleasure of caring TO
the plants, and the satisfaction of gath
ering and eating vegetables of one
own raising.
One of the best thing to plant nea
old or unsightly buildings is a grape
vine. No place is better, if the soil be
suitable, then the south side of build
ing. If there is only soil enough to hol'
the roots, that is all that is needed. !
grapevine may even be planted in
paved yard, if a stone is removed t.
plant it, and then replacing the stone 81
as to leave a place for the cane between
the stones. 1t is little work to train thu
vine up the building, and the fruit thu
secured will be ample compensation 10
all the labor expended.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

The new large Powered French cannas
find many admirers.
The polyantha roses are well adapted
for bedding purposes.
Generally those who grow fruit can
raise poultry with it to advantage.
1t will help to maintain good health
if the drinking yessels are scalded out
weekly.
A good silo, we'll filled, is the first
step toward making winter dairying
profitable.
Young chickens will be better il an
occasional meal of grouud bone is given
with the soft feed.
Pckin ducks, if they have been we'll
fed from the start should be ready to
market when two months old.
Bees, hens, a cow and garden will
enable one to i've on the fat of the land.
These four little industries together can
also keep him right busy.
Experiments have shown pretty con-
clusively that white wheat yield more
heavily than the red, and the bald more
heavily than the bearded.
Cotton-seed meal aud pea meal are
among the best things to combine with
ensilage, if you are feeding with an eye
to the manure pilo, as you should be.
There are but two especial purpose
dairy breeds: Hostein for large milk
ers, for cheese and for milk to sell by the
quart, and Jerseys for cream and butter.
There are three special lines upon
which our agriculture will develop in the
near future: Growing the sugar-beet,
irrigating farm crops and the use of elec
tricity for forcing.
Ten hens, with plenty Of room, will
pay better than twenty that are crowded
Vermin and disease are always tenants
of over-crowded coops, and these will
speedily destroy all the profit.
Unless one goes in for incubators anC
early broilers, making a business of tn
poultry business, the most profit in fowl
will be found in egg production. Tn
Dorkings are good for this branch o.
work.
Canada has an agricultural societ
whose express purpose is to collect an,
diffuse knowledge concerning preparing
aud feeding ensilage. A more practica
reason for existence could hardly be de
Yised.
1t is well to know the formulas TO
good feeding rations, but they are no
Of much use unless combined with goo
judgment in feeding them. You can
make cast-iron rules for feeding an
handling stock.
The use of potash or wood ashe
among the strawberry vines and othS
small fruit plants makes the berrie
iirmer, and they bear trensportatio
better, aud, as the market men say
"staud up better after they get to MAJ
ket,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
HAYMAKING.

The advantages of early cutting Of
meadow grasses have been demonstrated
over and over again by both the practi-
cal farmer and the scientist. By no
means the least of the advantages gained
by early cutting is the second crop.
When the greater digestibility of the
young hay is taken into account the gain
becomes still more evident.
Observation and experience lead to
the conclusion that the farmer who cuts
two or more crops of comparatively
young grass i'll season not only gets
better hay, but more of it, than he who
cuts but one over-ripe crop.
Late cutting of clover interferes de.
cldedly with the clover seed crop, which,
in many localities, commands a high
price. The amount of seed is materially
increased when clover is cut early. Some
farmers claim that the seed crop is
doubled by early cutting.
Every farmer has his own "best plan"
OF curing hay. The matter may be
summed up in fewest words by saying
that the method which involves the
least handling, especially when hay is
almost dry, is the most profitable one.
The farmer who is so fortunate as to
have dry, sunless weather for haying
will be certain to have the finest quality
of hay, other conditions being favorable.
1t is generally conceded that hay which
has been exposed to rain is diminished
in value, and yet the great majority Of
farmers do not employ hay caps. Those,
however, who have once used the hay
caps rarely, or never, discontinue thu
practice. Good unbleached muslin GOV
ers often save their cost the first season
New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
TEMPERANCE.

THk LORDS SIDE NEVER THE WHISKY SIDE.
The saloon men may rally their forces
strCug,
Their hideous crimes may successfully
hide;
One fact still remains that is true as the
SUM-"
'HThe Lords side is never the whisky
sde.n
You may look here and there and study
them well
You may hear them temperance workers
deride
For time they may prosper but let them
beware,
"The Lords side is never the whisky
siden
Woe, woe to the man who puts the wine cup
To the lips of his neighbor and thus has
tried
To ruin his manhood-tis baleful curse:
'Ihe Lords side is never the whisky
side"
The cries of the widows and orphans they
make,
Their agonizod pleadings will not be do
MED,
The day is at hand when this evil shall
"The Lords side is never the whisky
side"
The dealers in liquors are on the alert
lntuitively know they will subside;
With redoupled efforts they work, conscious
still
"The Lords side is never the whisky
side"
Unbelievers they are, for Scripture doth
teach,
That lovers of wine shall not be supplied
| With riches, but poverty OF spirits is theirs
"The Lords side is never the whisky
slde.n
-Susy Thistleton, in Chicago Sun
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
INSECTS IN THE STEMS OF WHEAT.

INSECTS IN THE STEMS OF WHEAT.
Z Farmers are often made aware that the
growing wheat is being injured by in-
sects with the names aud habits of which
they are unacquainted. To such the
following information about insects
which burrow in the stems of wheat, de-
rived from a bulletin of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station, will be both seasonable
and interesting:
The joint worm, wheat straw worm
and wheat-stem saw-Ay all belong to the
same order of insects as the ant, bee and
wasp. The eggs are deposited in the
growing stems, and the insect passes the
fall and winter in the stubble. Burning
the stubble will probably destroy the
majority of insects in a field, while
rotation of crops will do much to pre-
vent their becoming abundant.
The grain sphenophorus destroys
wheat by hurrowing in the basal joints
of the straw. This is one of quite
number OF species which do serious in
quiry to corn, being known as corn bill
bugs.
The stall1-borcr is near relative Of
the cut worm and army worm, but de-
parts from the habits of these last by
burrowing in the stems of wheat and
other grains. Little damage is done to
wheat, its chief injury being among corn
and vegetables.
The wheat-stem maggot is the young
of a small fly which deposits its eggs on
the leaves OF growing wheat and grass
in spring, summer aud tall. The mag
gots burrow in and destroy the tender
growing stems, and are particularly
noticeable in wheat fields Just before
harvest, when they work just above the
upper joint, causing the heads Of the
grain to wther and turn white.
At other times they cause the centre
of the plant to turn yellow and die.
Sowing plats of wheat in midsummer
and plowing these under in September
will destroy many Of the larve, as will
also the destruction of volunteer wheat.
Some varieties of wheat are attacked
more severely than others.
The companion wheat fly and the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
When SHOPPERS stick.

A cloth wet in hot water is sometimes
sufficient; but if this fails, remember
that tie principle is to expand the neck
of the bottle by heat aud not the stopper.
With hot water the latter is often heated
equally with the neck, and thus the de-
sired effect is not produced. By hold
ing the neck of the bottle about half an
inch above the flame of lamp or candle,
however, in few seconds the most
obstinate cork will generally come out.
Care must be taken TO turn the bottle
rapidly aud not allow the flame to touch
the glass, as it might crack it. When
the glass is thoroughly heated a steady
pull aud twist will almost always bring
out the stopper,-New York Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
NEFR OR BREAD.

One-fifteenth of Germany's cultivated
land is devoted to the liquor traffic, which is
making it question ot beer or bread for
the poorer classes of that country. The
drink question is thus becoming an import.
ant one in the political economy of Germany.
Professor SCHNEIDER, of Berlin, an able po-
itical economist, thus writes. Among our
working people the conditions of domestic
life, of education, of prosperity, of progress
proportion of income which flows down the
fathers throat. The whole condition OF our
lower and middle classes-one may even,
without exaggeration, say the future of our
Nation-depends on this question. II it Is
true that hiatt our paupers become so
through drink 1t gives us some estimate of
the costly burden which we tolerate. No
other of oIr vices bears comparison with
this"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath thnt he II the
senior partner of the firm of h. j. Cheney ~
Co., doing business IN the City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid and that said firm
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK }. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D., lSsd.
49, A. w. GLEASON.
lsEAL
t--r-l Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. j. CHENEY a. Co., Toledo, q.
HE Sold by Druuuists Tho
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

American frit fly are small, dark -colored
flies, resembling minute house flies. The
habits of their larv@ are much the same
as those of the wheat.stem maggot, and
similar remedies and preventives will
probably be found equally effective.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

culturists. II is the intention to have
in one place an exhibit Of all OF the spe-
cies of plants mentioned in the Bible,
and in others collections Of almost equal
historical interest
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

BEECHAM's PILLS act like magic on the
liver and other vital organs One dose relieves
sick headache in ~ minutes.
w. J. Mcdonald, superintendent Lanneau
Manufacturing Co., Greenyille, S. c., says; my
wife has used Bradycrotine for headache and
it is the only thing that relieves her sufferings
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
which ladies may use tho California liquid
laxative, Syrup of Figs under all condition..
makes It their favorite remedy. To get this
true and genuine article look for the name of
the California Fig Syrup Co., printed near tbs
bottom OF the rnckage.
If afflicted with sore Dyes use DR.. lsoao rhomp :
Son 'slcye-wator Druggists sell at 2ic.per bottlo
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
August.
Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. This Spring while away from
home teaching my FIRST term in a
country school l was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, q
friend wrote me, suggesting that
take August Flower. The very next
day l purchased a bottle. l am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me so that / have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." q
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

rs .fying IN tie face
of Nature to take the ordinary pill.
Just consider how it acts. There's
too much bulk and hustle, and not
enough real good. And think how
it leaves you when it's all over !
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets act
naturally. They help Nature to do
her own work. They cleanse and
renovate, mildly but thoroughly, the
whole system. Regulate it, too.
The help that they give, lasts,
They're purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, the smallest, easiest,
and best TO take. Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache, Constipation, In
digestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
arrangements of the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels are promptly relieved
and permanently cured. One tiny,
sugar coated Pellet for gentle
laxative three for cathartic.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is true only of Dr. Pierce's
medicines.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

Group, Pneumonia, lnfamed Larynx Tickling
or Racking Cough may attack the suiourner.
No remedy known will strike at the root OF
these diseases and rem0pe cuerp trace If them
as will DIR. Iloxsie's Certain Group Cure. No
opium. Sold by prnminont druggists. SOC.
Manufactured by a. =. Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20
STATE or ONO. CITY OF lotrpo,I

Monday is the dullest day of the week
in Paris.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-07-20

TISADUTY you owe your
self and family TO get the best
value for your money. EcOnO-
chasing W. l.. Douglas Shoes,
which represent the best vniuo
for prices asked, as thousands
will testify.
~ TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12
ASSESSOR JohnJ. Costello has been

ASSESSOR John J. Costello has been
ordered to Boise city by the Governor.
there to meet the State Board of Equal
cation and the other assessors of the
state on the 22nd of this month. There
is urgent need of this call, for it seems
by the ruling of tie supreme court that
the state Board of Equalization have
very little power in altering or equaliz-
ing assessments and that all property
OF the state, of the same class should be
assessed alike goes without question
and twenty one men in different local
tiles could hardly be expected to assess
on the same basis without meeting
and agreement. The Press would sug-
gest that the assessment of al! CLASSES
of property b. raised 10 nearer its
actual value all over the state: for there
is only a certain amount of money TO
be collected, and by raising the assess
ment the per cent will be lowered
and the valuation OF the state and
counties be raised. THIS is Of great adj
vantage to any community that is de
sirous of bonding, also to the iudivid-
nal. wishing to secure money on his
property. The system of assessing all
property at its actual cash value main
talns the equality OF taxation, does not
work hardship on any individual class
and is a benefit to ALL
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12
Artificial Rain In California.

Items in regard to rain making have
value i'll proportion to their accuracy
only. The fact that rainfall followed
certain efforts to produce rain does
not prove that the precipitation was
due solely to the artificial means EN-
ployed. The presence OF clouds is not
always required to indicate a tendency
TO rain, although their formation
always pgecedes rain. \ test was re-
Gently made III California. near Pixl-y.
which appears to have been success,
but the report of it says nothing If the
condition of the barometer before the
machinery was applied. The locality
selected was the driest part of the san
joaquin Valley. and the only require
ment considered absolutely essential
was that the thermometer should, not
fall below forty degrees for four or five
nights in succession.
The contract guaranteed a rainfall of
not less than three inches in thirty days.
the amount to be determined by rain
gauges located within the prescribed
radius of twenty-five miles provided
the thermometer did not register below
forty degrees. The result OF their op-
eratiOns was series of copiOus show
ers, and the vicinity where they operat-
ell showed greater fall than any other
town Ill the valley.-Ihe Arid Region.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12

THE German Government has lately
caused models of the best equipped
postal cars that can be produced in all
countries in which that kind of service
is in use, to be made for exhibition in
the German museum and for the con-
sideration of the postal authorities of
the Empire. The models of the postal
cars used in the United States were
made by the Chicago, Milwaukee X st.
Paul, and are beautiful specimens of
initiative skill. They are exactly one
sixth the size of the regular cars. being
ten feet in length by one and one-half
in width and complete in every detail
The PostOfiice Department acted as the
representative of the German Govern
ment in this matter, two officials of the
Railway Mail Service having inspected
the models.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12

TIE following from the Boise States
man voices our Sentiments ON a subject
that promises to be one of great inter
est before the close of the year. THE
British government seems determined
to leave the Behring sea matter in such
shape that the poachers can ply their
trade there this year again. There will
be just one thing for this government to
do if England persists in her piratical
policy: that is to send enough war ships
into those waters to enforce our own
laws and defy Great Britain to inter.
fere. If Lord Salisburys Government
cannot be decent, we can treat it just
as we would treat any other bully. and
trust to our own strong arm to maintain
the right"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12

ACCORDING to dispatches from Aus
tralia 1900 pearl button makers have
been thrown out Of employment by the
closing Of the factories, on account of
the protective tariff. 1t may seem I'M
cristian like to express pleasure at their
misfortune; but it means 1900 men in
the Us. employed at good wages, eat
ing American -four, wearing American
clothing, which in turn gives employment
for many farmers and sheep and cattle
herders, and the blessings of home
market for their products. Cutting
out some half dozen foreign middle
men and saving thousands of miles of
transportation, all reverting to foreign
ers
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-03-12

TIE free silver bill seems to have
good prospects for its final success ii
the partisan papers of the west would
only desist from bowling democratic or
republican gold bugs and adhere to the
following idea promulgated by the
Butte Inter Mountain, its success would
he assured: The silver question. as
repeatedly explained in these columns.
is not political one The men and
the newspapers that try to make it
political are the worst enemies Of silver,
because the drawing OF party lines pre-
vents that harmony OF action between
silver republicans and silver democrats
without which I'LL their efforts will be
in vain. The fact is TIE East is solid
against silver. Neither party has a
candidate for the presidency who is an
ayOwed candidate of free coinage. The
position Of Harrison himself on the
subject is not known. Sherman. C.eve-
land, Mckinley. Hill, Boise, cullom.
Carlisle, llOar, Palmer, Russo Gresh-
am. Fuller, Quay, nearly all the leaders
of both parties are opposed to the pres
ent unlimited free coinage of silver.
The question is purely financial one
and we assert, without fear of contra
diction, that those democratic organs
IN this state which are trying to make
political capital out of it, do not know
the number of grains of silver in "a
silver dollar, or the ratio between sill
yer dollar and gold dollar or the
presen, bullion value of silver dollar
or anything else connected with the
e1bject