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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-13
Taking effect December 7. 1soI

Fairhaven and San Francisco
Pacihc cast Steamship 90. 8 steamers mr.
rive rive from and depart every FIVE days for San
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
To DESTROY sTUMPs.

There have been several methods re-
commended for the destruction and re-
moval of stumps from cleared timber
land, but so far none Of them is of any
practical value. The saturation of the
stump with kerosene oil is not easily
possible, nor is its impregnation with
solution of saltpetre or sulphuric acid
and unless the stump is completely satu-
rated it cannot be burned with ease.
The most effective way is to throw out
the stump by explosive, and, as dyna-
mite is too dangerous for inexpert per-
sons to handle, the common blasting
powder is the best to use. The usual
method is to bore two-inch hole down
to the centre of the stump aud charge it
in the usual way with the powder, using
an iron screw with hole through it for
the fuse to contine the powder. In this
way the stump may be split into pieces
that are easily handled and the use Of
the wood for fuel will pay the cost OF
the rk.-New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
GEESE KILL GRASS,

Formerly geese were raised here
Vermont-in considerable numbers,
writes o. 8. Bliss, but feathers and car.
casses are neither as profitable as they
were, and the birds were found injurious
to pastures, and few are now kept. We
kept the Embdea, or, as they were then
more generally called, the Bremen geese,
for several years, and they paid well,
but their run was so restricted that they
pulled the best grasses up, so as to spoil
the feed, and we got rid of them. Others
kept the Toulouse, but our farmers gen.
orally contented themselves with pure.
bred gandcr, and stuck to the natives
and crosses. In my boyhood, father used
to pick up among his neighbors
enough to make up, with our own,
sleigh-load of fine carcasses and take
them to Montreal every winter, and it
paid; but you could hardly persuade any
body here to keep geese now if you gave
them good outfit of the best breed.
Then the grasses grew spontaneously and
luxuriantly everywhere; now the stand
of grass is maintained only with care and
expense, and goose will eat and destroy
as much as o sheep. like to see flock
of fine geese, and if lived where they
could have a good run on strong deep
land, where the grass could hold its own
against them, l would keep them. New
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
The Ilnn.nna MhrI

We call IL Alabastine, as it is manufacA
tured from alabaster rock!
The people use it because Il is durable and
beautiful.
The sanitarians endorse IL because it is of
sanitary nature, and contains no poison
BUS material
We advertise itas we want all 10 have an
opportunity TO be benefited by its advan-
tages.
Wall paper firms fight il, as It displaces
their poisonous products.
Some dealers talk against 1t, as they can
buy cheap kalsomines, and where the people
are not posted, sell at Alabastiue prices,
thus making more profit.
kalsomines must go, as they are only
temporary and spoil the walls.
Alahastine has come to stay, as il posses
ses merit, and has the unqualified endorse
ment ofthose who have used it for years.
Alabastine has stood the test of time, and
now stands higher in public favor than ever
before.
Prot. Kedzie, the eminent sauitarian Of
Michigan, says: Have carefully tested for
arsenic or copper; none couli he found
FIND no traces OF poisonous or injurious ma
terial."
DIR. DeWolfe, tho health officer of Chicago.
says; "rhe perfect wall for domestic habita-
ton is the material which resists decomposi-
tion in every form. 1t scenes 90 me that
Alabastine is admirably adapted to the pur-
poSe.n
The Good Health Publishing Co.. of Battle
Greek, Mich writes: I'VE will, probably,
use Alabastiue as long as it is in existence
We are located at Grand Rapids, Mich,
and will cheerfully answer any communica.
tions in relation to our goods.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
ASPARAGUS.

Asparagus is the earliest, easily cared
for, and most delicious of garden vege.
tables, yet in how small a number OF
gardens it is found. 1t grows with the
ease Of weeds, and when once started,
If taken care of, it will come up every
spring for a lifetime. 1t grows with
great profusion in the Southern States,
coming up in the gardens, orchards and
grain fields, and for several weeks fur.
nishes the farmers with a dish of the
most exquisite taste. Many farmers
grow it for profit, and when cultivated
and fertilzed it will yield net profit Of
800 per acre.
Before the plants begin to start in
early spring the dead stalks of last years
growth are cut and raked off the field
with a harrow, which loosens the soil at
the same time. AS soon as the young
stalks reach the height of six or eight
inches they are cut, trimmed, packed in
punches of twelve stalks to the bunch,
and shipped to the city in crates. The
cutting then continues at intervals un-
til the people get tired of asparagus and
it does not pay to ship. After the cut
ting is over the ground is thoroughly
cultivated and the plants are hoed and
fertilized.
Asparagus can be raised from seed,
but in starting small beds the best way
is to buy the plants. They can be pro-
cured at small cost Of almost any seeds
man and will give the bed start of at
least a year. The soil should be well
prepared rich loan and the plants should
be set out in rows eighteen inches apart
and foot apart in the row.. Great care
should be taken to get the roots spread
and we'll covered. In the Northern
States it is best to cover the beds some
time in the fall with three or four inches
of manure, and early in the spring salt
should be strewn profusely on the bed.
Salt is one of the best fertilizers for as
paragus, aud raw bone is excellent.
Asparagus is a luxury which every
farmer can possess, whether he lives at
the north or south, aud advise all those
who do not already enjoy this most de-
licicus of vegetables to set out bed OF
asparagus this spring. 1t will do to be-
gin cutting in year or two, after which
it will be source of pleasure as well as
profit. Farm Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
WATER IN THE DAIRY,

In every gallon of milk there is at least
seven pints OF water, fact in itself
sufficient to convince one that good milk
cannot be obtained from au impure
water supply, and that shortage in
quantity will be attended by an immedi-
ate and corresponding diminutiou of the
flow; indeed, it would seem that the
importance OF water as an clement in
milk production is represented by the
fraction representing its value as con-
stituent.
Some men seem to think that nature
made the COW filter or rectifYing ap-
paratus, into which any amount OF stale,
unwholesome and impure water may be
introduced with impunity, but the ex'
perenced cheesemaker knows better.
In the course of an extended experience
as a cheese instructor in Canada, Scot.
land and the United States, the writer
of this article has met with more diff
Guilty lrom bad water than IRON any
other cause. 1t is a fact that in nine
tenths of the pastures throughout the
dairy belt there are low places, swamps
and frog ponds, at which, in the course
of the season, the COW are compelled to
resort TO quench their thirst. This
ought not to be. No prudent dairyman
will permit his dairy to drink at these
places. They should alway5 be filed up
or fenced out, and an abundant supply
of pure, living water be furnished a
whatever cost. 1t requires from one t.
three pounds moro Of swamp water milS
to produce pound of cheese than il
does of pure water milk, and it always
engenders gaseous curd and cheese o
loathsomc favor. American Farmer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
KILLING raIsrIus AND RURDooK.

Alta Farmers Institute at Hortonville,
Wis, the essayisr gave his method Of
dealing with the above weeds as follows
"If had a patch Of Canada thistles I
would turn il into a pasture and salt my
stock on that LOT ut least twice a week,
and would cut off at or below the sur
lace what ! didn't salt. If / could not
turn it into pasture / would have a sharp
plow and plow It, and drag it thoroughly
after it was plowed with fine tooth
drag. Then cut them up whenever they
come up. dug mine out twice a week
with spaic. In the fall of the year the
weeds came up thick, and for fear l
might miss some put the plow In and
plowed it up again, aud killed them the
drst year. Kerosene will kin them, and
salt in a wet tire will kill them. Brine
will kin them"
The bmdook he cuts up as soon as he
secs it. Au old root IN rich ground
often has .he crown several INCHES below
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
TEMPERANCE.


WHICH SHALL II BEP
A tidy little home for Betsy and me,
With Just enough room for one, two, threei
Or a tumble-down hut with broken gate,
And a sad-eyed woman toiling early and
late;.
Which shall IL be.
For mine and met
A five cent glass Of beer for me-
Or a five cent loaf for all OF US threeP
Beer or baby-wine or wife,
Which do hold more precious than lifei
Which shall IL be
For mine and me9
Potatoes and salt with crust of bread
For the best little woman the Lord ever
made,
While the rumseller's wife feeds on turkey
and wine
Bought with my money--if so incline
This shall it be
For mine and mel
Tatters and rags for my little one,
NY fair conely baby, my own darling son;
While the rumseller's children go warm and
well clad
On my earnings wrested from my bonuy
lad;
This shall it be
For mine and mI
Well, man, do you think ME whole-eyei
fool,
Blindly to serveas the rumseller's toolY
Ahl How can / hesitate which to choose.
When it's all to gain--or all TO lose;
For mine and me,
For mine and me?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.


"The only foe England has 10 fear is
drink, said the late Prince Leopold.
A royal commission has been appointed in
Canada to inquire into the drink question.
The decrease of revenue from spirits in
Canada last year amounted to 100000.
Surgical operations are very successful in
Japan, and the healing process is rapid
owing probably to the abstinence of the peo-
pie from alcohol and their not being flesh
eaters.
There is battalion of eighty boys in the
Church of the Redeemer congregational, at
Lakewood, Ill, every one of whom has taken
the triple pledge against liquor, tobacco and
profanity.
Lady Somerset assisted recently in spilling
some liquor which had been seized at Port
land, Me. "Here goes!" she said, as her
neatly-gloved hands upset brown jug that
the sheriff assigned TO her.
A successful competitor for the prizs in a
foot race made this graceful temperance
speech IN accepting it: Gentlemen, | have
won this cup by the use of my legs. l trust
that l may never lose the use of my legs by
the use Of this cup"
In connection with the British Woman:
Temperance association there are four home
for inebriate women, through which upward
Of $50 patients have passed, many Of whom
are thoroughly reclaimed and most grateful
for the help received.
The London temperance hospital at it.
recent annual meeting heard reports which
testify TO its good management and beneficial
work. Fifty per cent. of the patients yer
cured, and the death rate was about 90 pc
cent. OF the total number treated more
than fifty per cent. were abstainers
A Loyal Temperance Legion has been
formed at the Womans Christian Temper
ance Union coffee hoase, Minneapolis. II
consists OF the children who come TO thi
back door for the leftover food. These ar,
given tickets which entitle them 20 some
thing each day and invite them inso the hal
70 join the legion
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Pumpkins are splendid food for cattle
and hogs, and save great amount Of
costlier rations.
Put your sawdust around your currant
and gooseberry bushes. They need good
manure also, and will pay for it.
We cannot make the finest grades OF
butter from any one feed; but there is
no question about our being able to
make good butter from ensilage, although
not the best.
If you will mix a ration of cottonseed
meal, ground oats, wheat bran, wheat
middlings or linseed meal with the en-
silage, you will be able to make as good
butter in January and February as in
June and July.
Some asparagus grower claims that an
improvement of fifty per cent. can be
made iu the asparagus bed by selecting
two year-old plants that bear no seed.
These are males, and the shoots from
them will be earlier and larger.
Keep little box of ground charcoal,
one of clean, ground bone, and one Of
small, sharp flint before the poultry, and
plenty of coarse, sharp sand on the floor I;
I also, box of ground oyster shells, as
grit. But in recommending these sub
stances it may be stated that any kind of
sharp small grit will do.
Squashes want light, sandy soil, with
abundance of manure placed directly in
the hill with the seed. But two plants
should be left in each hill, and they be
given about 100 square feet of ground
to run over. They can thus be made to
produce five tons TO the acre, worth all
the way from So to $40 ton.
Where there are undesirable trees or
shrubs, which it is desired to have killed
so completely that they will not sprout
again, June is the time to cut them
down. The sap that was stored up from
the previous year will have been ex.
pended aud none new will have been
prepared, and life ends with the chop
ping away of foliage.
To tighten tires on a wagon whee
without cutting or shrinking, take
good, stodt lever, and fulcrum a littlt
shorter than the spokes, place the full
crum on the hub of the wheel and will
the lever force the felly against the tirC
and place a leather washer around tn,
exposed tenon Of the spoke, revolve the
wheel, and raise the felly. In like man
ner at another spoke, put on leathe
washer as before; keep this up until ne
more washers can be put on, then oi
with linseed oil and the tire will be a
secure as if set by the blacksmith.
If it can be afforded the pure jersey
COW is the most satisfactory for the use
Of family. The milk is rich in cream
and the cows as a rule, when not spoilet
too much by petting and other bad man
I agement, are docile and easily controlled
, The next best is half bred Jersey, anC
if the other half is Ayrshire it will
make the best cross. These two kind
are exceedingly good looking and hand
some, which is a desirable point in
family COW. The breeders of Jersey cat
} tie generally have some half breeds +
dipose of that may be procured quit
, cheaply, and just now the pure Ore
Jerseys are cheap enough for almost an
: person who can keep . COW,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Ants Take IN ponrdOr.,

Tho let Of curious boardors or mess.
mates taken in or tolerated BY ants has
bocn extended by Mr., Mlohaols, who has
discovered that there is IN ASSOCIATION
between eone Gamarid mites and GER
tain kinds Of aats; that species Of
Gemarid usually prererentially associates
with one or two species of ants, and that
they abandon the nest il the ant does,
ana that their social relations are
friendly. The mites are not true para
sites, not iniuriug the ants or their
young (au instance Of rare self-control in
these insect enemies), and that the mites
VIII cat dead ants, and thus are really
board Of health officers, and we suspect
really do as scavengers more service than
some boards of health in other com-
munlties, New York Independent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

the surface in loose rich ground. When
cut below the crown they never sprout
AGAIN, but new ones may come from the
seed. Until more than two years old
they do not run down more than two
or three inches and are easily killed. An
old msrticing chisel with long handle
is the best tool for such work, aud it is
improved by having spur in the handle
upon which the foot can be placed IN
cutting tough root. Many other weeds
in the meadows or lawns are easiest killed
with such an implement, aud while it is
quite task to go over ten-acre lot that
is very weedy, yet the number of such
weeds that come after year or two of
cultivation and seeding to grass is not
large unless foul seed is sown. n.-Ameri.
can Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
SYMPTOMS OF HousE INSANITY.

When a horse goes insane he is apt to
kill himself by butting his head into a
corner. AT the Veterinary Hospital Of
the University of Pennsylvania, the largest
Of Its kind in the country, such cases are
treated in an oval brick chamber, per.
fectly dark. When this is heavily bedded
with straw il is almost impossible for a
horse to hurt himself. Insanity, or
"dumminess, " in horses is quite common.
It is sometimes caused by lesion on the
brain, and is incurable, but when caused
by stomach disorders it is often treated
successfully. Chicago Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Sofa Beans.

The sofa bean plant has no special
value in this country, where we have so
many other good feeding crops. 1t is a
native of India, where it is called
''gram, and uee2s hot climate to do
well. It may be grown in the Southern
States, but it is no better than the cow
pea, which is a bean, and much the same
Kind oil plant. Some recent expert
ments with the sofa bean have shown
that it is exceedingly nutritioas, but not
more so than the cowpca. The writer
grew small crop of 1t in New Jersey
some years ago, but discarded it as un.
profitable The cowpea may be grown
IN New Jersey.-New York Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
TIE CuRRANT PoRER.

The question is often asked why cur
rant bushes grow weakly. Now and then
a strong, vigorous shoot will appear,
while most are puny. Mehau, in his
Monthly, says that in most cases this re.
suits from the work of the currant borer.
If branch be cut across it will be found
hollow. This channel is where the borer
has been. Only very small black pune
ture on the outside of the stem shows
where the insect laid his egg. If one
could get used to noting this puncture in
tue fall of the year, and cut out such
twigs and burn them, it would help cur
rant culture.-New York World.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Words TO the Deaf.

An old lady who has lost nearly all
sense Of hearing, and was also blind,
once said to me: az wish you would
write and tell people how to talk to the
deaf, for can always hear you" 1t is
easy enough to speak slowly, articulatc
distinctly, and in line with the defec-
tive ear, but not too near it. II seems
to be general idea; but it is a mistaken
one, that the louder the voice the more
easily II is to be heard by the deaf.
Slow, distinct articulation is of far more
Importance. If these simple, natural
facts were more generally borne in mind,
1t would do much to alleviate the trials
Of the deaf.-The Chautauquau.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

Bishop Asbury was once the guest of a
family who were very anxious to make his
visit pleasant. They did everything in their
power to show their hospitality, and make
him feel at home. At dinner a bottle of
brandy was placed on the table, and he was
invited to partake,. but he declined. The lady
blushe1 and said, "Bishop l believe that
brandy is 500 in its place"
80 do - replied the bishop. land if YOU
have no objection, | will put it in its place."
So he arose and put it in the old-fashionel
cupboard in the corner of the room, saying
with emphasis, THAT is the place, and there
let it stay"
And there itdid STAY, never to be brought
on that table again. The dinner tablets no
place for the wine bottle or brandy bottle for
strong drink is hurtiul for digestion. A well
persol Goes not need strong drink of any
kind, and it is too dangerous to be used in
sickness. " louth's Temperance Banner,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
rxHIprr BY rENPEH1Ncr oHupRpy.

At the great Columbian Exposition of
1913 building will be set apart for the use of
the w. c. T. u, and in connection with it
there will be most unique exhibit by the
temperance children OF the whole world.
The juvenile department is under the charge
of Miss Anna A. Gordon, of Evanston, Ill.
Cards 2x3 inches in size will be furnished to
all juvenile temperance societies throughout
the world. Each child will write his or her
autograph on Que, each country adopting
its national color, or using white il pre-
ferred. The United States will be repre-
sented by red, white and blue. Canada has
chosen crimson and yellow, the colors of the
maple leaf. These cards will be fastened
into a chain, miles long and will festoon the
headquarters of the w. c. 7. U. depart
ment, besides being draped round the
worlds petition, which is fast assuming CO.
lossal proportions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
tatarfH Cart be Cured

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood con-
stitutionSl disease, and In order TO cure II you
have TO take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces, Halls CRtatrh
Cure is no duack medicine. II was prescribed
by one of the best physi clans In this country
for years, and Is a regular prescription. II is
composed OF the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combi-
nation OF the two Ingredients Is what proauccs
such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials free
#. j. CHENEY & Co. Props, Toledo, o.
Sold hV ru orristq nrfrp .Er
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11

from patients their true condition, be-
cause of their inability to provide sue.
cessful remedy. With twenty-one years
experience as a practitioner, can con.
scientiously say that l have never used a
preparation with such uniform good re-
suits as that attained by DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp Root. 1t is veritablc discovery
and as such is an inestimable acquisition
to medical science. l have prescribed
this remedy in many of the worst kidney
and bladder disorders, both in acute and
chronic cases where the patients present
ed the most complicated and alarming
symptoms, and have noted with great in.
terest its effect. The results have been
most satisfactory. Its action on the
affected kidneys and bladder and con.
sequent disordered liver and digestion
has been gentle yet immediate, the relief
speedy and the cures permanent. have
found it most invigorating tonic in
broken-down constitutions, La Grippe,
and in other cases where the vitality has
been greatly wasted and enfeebled.
II. G. Mccormick, NJ. D., Ph. ca
Penn Argyle, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Long Life in Buttcrmilk and Onions

"Drink plenty of buttermilk, aud eat
lots of onions-raw, ,stewed or boiled, not
fried" says noted New York medical
authority, "aud you may live to suchan
age that you may be glad to commit the
suicide act, just for n change, as this ex
istence becomes too monotonous, and you
yearn, as VIC all do, to find out what is
taking place behind that strange curtain
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-11
Speed Of the Tornado.

The tornado whirls at a rate variously
estimated from 500 to 1000 miles an
hour. Though ephemeral aud diminu-
tive IL has vastly greater violence. To
class il a 'cyclone" is to belittle its ter
rors. True cyclones are exceedingly
scarce, while tornadoes are numbered by
the hutidred every season. San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.