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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
SUCCESSIVE DAT CROPS

There is good reason why the oat
crop should be the most exhaustive of
any of the grains It's leaf is not SO
broad as that of barley or wheat, and
it sends its roots very much farther
than does barley at least. Wheat roots
reach down into the subsoil and get
moisture, and probably also some plant
food, where the spring grain would
not reach. Ont roots completely fill
the surface soil to the depth of the
blowing. 1t is this which makes it so
hard to get good catch of clover, and
this failure to get good clover growth
is usually the reason why the land is
left till another year and sown with
oats again. We have known several
cases in which successive oat crops
were grown for several years, with the
result of so entirely destroying the
soils fertility that the land would
scarcely produce white beans Clay
land is most often injured by crop
ping with oats, and the effect on such
soil is to harden it into clods. Where
land has been made poor by oat grow
ing one of the best ways TO restore it
is to plow in the fall and SOW crop
of peas with whatever fertilizer can be
got. Peas make more shade for the
ground, and they will get much of the
plant food they need from the air.
Peas are besides better grain to seed
with clover than is the oat. We mean,
of course, peas sown broadcast and
covering the whole surface of the
ground. Cultivator.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
FOOD For GROWING STOCK.

The feeding of young animals is a
very important part of the business of
farmer and requires study, for two
especial reasons. One is that what is
lost by neglect in the youth of any
animal can never be regained 10y any
future care and liberality; and the
second that young animal in its early
life is only able to digest food under
imperfect conditions. The stomach
and other digestive organs of young
animal are fitted at first only for the
digestion of milk, and this must be its
staple food for much longer time
than is the custom to provide it. It is
only when the teeth are formed and At
for use that the parotid glands and
pancreas begin to secrete the sub
stance that is needed for the digestion
of any food that contains starch, for
starch is not itself absorbed, but only
as it is changed into sugar by the action
of this fluid. Thus it is only courting
danger and attempting impossibilities
to try TO rear healthy and profitable
calf without milk, unless by the use of
some specially prepared foods that may
be digestible by the young animal.
This fact accounts for the invariable
diarrhna that follows the use of any
kind of grain foods in the feeding Of
young calves, and proves the necessity
for as long feeding with milk as may
be possible. American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
HOW To PREPARE POULTRY.

In preparing poultry for cooking
here are few rules to follow: Chick
ems, ducks, capons and turkeys should
be killed at least twenty-four hours
before using. When well picked, singe
by removing the stove cover and put
ting some paper in. Pass the bird
over the flame, taking care not to
blacken or burn it. Cut the neck off
as near the body ,as possible. Cut the
Joint; with your forefnger loosen the
crop and take it out. Cut slip un-
der the rump large enough to run the
hand into the body. Put the hand in
carefully to loosen the contents of the
body and stomach in every direction
so that oil may be drawn out in one
mass. Pour warm water through the
bird and wipe out with towel. Cut
the gall from the liver, then throw the
liver into cold water. Scald and skin
the feet; put gizzard, heart, feet, and
neck in pint or more water, with a
little onion. Let them stew slowly
until reduced one-half. All poultry
needs just this treatment. New York
Advertiser.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01

The working boy, says Jealous temper
ance advocate, wants n healthy body and n
healthy mind Drink and the saloon will help
him TO neither
The mind works by the brain. Alcohol
brings disorder. disease, destruction to the
brain. Alcohol is a brain-poison.
Other poison affect the muscles, the glands.
or other organs OF the body. Alcohol, taken
up by the blood, is carried at once TO the
brain. 1t leaps TO the throne of the mans
being. II Is an arrogant .usurper, that rules
and ruins.
The hands which draw the design, or hold
the brush, chisel or plane or grasp the brake,
the lever, the helm, are guided and governed
by the brain. But, II the brain be muddled
or Supplied with drink, the hands will be
shaky and uncertain, and the strength, quick
ness and delicacy of their grasp and touch
will be destroyed.
brain poisoned with alcohol means also
confused thought, deadened sensibllity,
blinded Judgment, reckless passion. Speech,
sight, feeling, movement, all are disordered
and enfeebled by the brain-poison OF the in
toxicating cup.
SO for the sake Of his health, his happiness
and his character, a boy will do well TO take
the temperance pledge and abide by IT,
He will have 10 fight HIS own battles now.
He has been drilling and marching and going
on parade in school-days, but now he is on
the battlefield Of life. He must be true 10
God, and true to himself.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Give your stock a variety of food.
Skim-milk is excellent food for pigs.
The stable fly is q bloodthirsty pest.
AS a rule, small eaters make small
mixers.
Keep milk as far from the stable as
possible.
An unproductive horse is a very ex.
pensive one.
Clean farming is the best preventive
of the stalk-bo
The finest looking stallion is not
always the best breeder.
Barley is generally considered bet
ter than wheat for winter pasture. =
Grass is natures great remedy for
most of the ills to which horsefesh is
heir.
In some sections of the country
there is a constant demand for good
mules.
Experienced fruit growers say that
mixed orchards bear better than those
containing only one variety.
A little oatmeal added to the drink
ing water of working horses will give
them strength as well as refreshment
in hot weather.
Few eggs are laid by hens which are
too fat, and, therefore, it is TO the
poultryman's interest to see that his
fowls do not get into that state.
Give horse plenty of air and light,
plenty of exercise, plenty of the right
kind of food and water, and he will
almost always be in good condition.
If your poultry, old or young, go
moping around or look in any way the
least sickly, look for lice. Ten
chances to one you will find this the
cause.
The French Government has APP
pointed a commission TO investigate
sheep industry and TO find out what
can be done to improve their breeds
of sheep.
The abolition of the check-rein, the
use of the hy-nets i'll summer and of
blankets in winter, are things already
conceded by every horseman worthy
the name.
The draught horse should stand
fairly high in front rather prominent
withersl, and must have a chest OF
ample width TO permit free expansion
of lungs when under any temporary
strain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01

Lord Roberts says he has under his COM
mand in India IS, 900 British soldiers pledged
TO total abstinence.
Don't cultivate thirst that will create
vacancy in your pocket while distending your
stomach into bay window-like proportions.
In one of the great Paris hospitals, it was
found that of eighty-three patients who suf-
fered from epilepsy, sixty were children of
drunken parents.
print that the Catholic total abstainers now
constitute a body numbering nearly 100, 900
members in this country.
Carlyle's opinion of Father Mathew.-.'A
broad. solid, most excellent looking young
man, with grey hair, mild, intelligent eyes,
massive, rather aqutline nose and counten-
ance. The very face of him attracts you"
Temperance is part of the Christian re-
ligion. The Bible teaches that the body is
the temple for the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit and that God will destroy him that de-
files il and surely there Is no destruction
more hopeless and mournful than that visited
upon the soul and body Of a drunkard.
German OF wealth and education, who
has lived in this country for u number OF
years, says he is convinced that most OF the
suicides, of his cOuntrymen, both on this side
Of the Atlantic and the other are caused by
adulterants in beer that have depressing
effect on the nervous system and dispose the
subject 10 melancholy.
The membership of the Indian Army Tenn
perance Association has reached its highest
point. The whole strength Of the British
fsrces in India is about 900 and, as there
are 20, Ill men who are abstainers, the pro-
gress of sobriety has been remarkable. At
Singapore 130 artillerymen out Of total
strength OF 200 are abstainers.
A number of the fashionable milliners OF
New York have established custom which
has proved very profitable to them and is ap-
proved by the wealthy customer for whom II
was instituted. IL il a fine service Of cham
pagne ad lib. in private parlor 10 any
wealthy customers who wants it, These high
priced milliners have learned that a $40 bon
net can be more readily disposed of to GUS
toner after her nature has been soothed by a
few glasses ofthe insidious juice ofthe grape.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove paint stains apply tur.
pentine at once, if possible.
For asthma soak blotting paper in
strong saltpeter water; dry, and burn
at night.
Clear, black coffee diluted with water
and containing little ammonia will
clean and restore black clothes.
Pour diluted carbolic acid at once
upon every part of a poisonous wound
afterward give internal stimulants.
If the eyes are weakened by close
work, such as painting, embroidery or
reading, bathe them frequently in
weak alum water.
To cleanse cut glass, wash it In tepid
water and dry thoroughly. Polish
with brush used for the purpose and
prepared chalk.
Before beginning to seed raisins
cover them with hot water and let
them stand fifteen minutes The seeds
can then be removed easily.
A poultice made of Indian meal,
covered with Young Hyson tea, mois-
tened with hot water and laid on a
burn will relieve the pain in five min
utes.
For moist hands ninety grains of
eau de cologne and fifteen grains of
belladona is an excellent lotion, after
the use of which dust with powdered
alum.
One of the best remedies for tooth
ache is the common compound tine.
ture of benzoin. II a few drops are
placed on cotton and put in or around
the tooth the pain will be almost in
stantly stopped.
For laundry use kerosene is very eff
fectual in whitening clothes. A half
a teacupful in a boiler of clothes will
produce a most satisfactory result
Yet care must be exercised when using
this explosive material.
Where the hair is thinning the fol-
lowing is excellent: Mix equal guam
titles of olive oil and spirit of rose
mary with few drops of oil of nut
meg. Rub into roots at night. Sim
pie rosemary tea is also good.
Never pull off your gloves by the
finger tips, but by the wrists, turning
them thus inside out let them air for
a few minutes before turning them
again, and do not roll them mp into a
wad; let them lie at full length in the
| glove box.
Linen crash, blue denim or ticking
are the best possible fabrics for cover
ing iron holders. Make them remov-
able by basting one end together and
occasionally put them in the family
wash. Beeswax. for smoothing sad
irons should be tied in a piece of white
muslin to prevent waste.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principle embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due TO its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in 6Oc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
CHEESE oMFuFT.

Maria Parloa, in Good Housekeep-
ing, says For three or four people
use two ounces of stale bread, free
from crust, two ounces of grated or
finely broken cheese, one gill of boil
ing water, one gill of cold milk, one
level teaspoonful of sslt, grain of
cayenne, ono tablespoonful of butter
and two eggs Have the bread broken
into small pieces and pour the boiling
water over it. When soft, add the
salt, pepper and milk and break up
fine. Beat the yolks and white of the
eggs separately and stir them into the
mixture. Add the cheese. Put the
butter into a frying-pan aud set over
a hot fire. When the butter is so hot
that it begins to turn brown, pour in
the omelet and cook until it begins TO
get set, drawing the mixture back a
little as you would n plain omelet
Now fold it and let it brown slightly.
Turn out on hot dish and serve i'm.
mediately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
nnnrer Frnm Meninl Shoals.

II appears from the recent discus.
sions Of the pan-American medical con.
gress that there is much less fatality
attending a night than day accident
on the rail Many expert surgeons de.
clared that this was the case, and at
tributed the difference TO the mental
strain, which is much greater by day
than it is when darkness wells the hor-
rors of the scene. The mental shock,
the railway surgeons say, is greatest
where through the sense of sight the
injured is conscious for few moments
of approaching danger. The case of
the brakeman who, while making fly
ing switch. catches his foot in the frog,
is n good illustration. He cannot tear
himself loose. He sees the loose car
coming down, and knows what is going
to happen. The mental shock TO that
man makes his condition much worse
than that of man whose foot is caught
and crushed so suddenly that he does
not have time 20 appreciate the inn
pending danger. The railway sur
geons say that many fatalities occur
for which this mental shock is respon-
sible, rather than the physical injury.
They say that experience proves in
juries at night to be less likely to prove
fatal. They account for this by the
fact that the injured has not been able
to comprehend what was coming, as
he might have done in the daytime.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
HIGH BOOSTS.

The roosts should not be high, es-
pecially if the birds are large and
heavy. BY observing hens when they
go on the roosts at night it will be
noticed that when the roost is high it
is with difficulty that some of them
reach it and secure positions. Before
all of the members of the flock get
settled there will be several falls from
the perch, due to the general scramble
for favorite places, and when leaving
the roost in the morning the heavy
birds come to the floor with more
force than is beneficial, the result be-
ing leg difficulties and sometimes in
ternal injuries. Chicago Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
Highest of all in Lcavening POwer-Latest u GovtRepot
M!a!:1!! e! Bssi9s BSMd:sz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Frogs Fond Of Wasps.

As you and your readers seem in
terested in odds and ends of natural
history, send you one which may be
worth publishing, writes r.. Il. Bart
lett. Some time ago discovered ac-
cidentally that frogs are voracious
eaters of wasps. I have in my garden
tank for watering and an island of
rock-work, which is favorito haunt
of the frogs, The wasps just now are
carrying on raid against my fruit, and
when wish to crafty my revenge
and my frogs, l catch marauder be-
tween post card and an inverted wiue
glass, carry him off to the tank, wet
his wings TO prevent his flying, and
set him on the rock-work before the
frogs After n moments pause, n frog
advances and in an instant the wasp
has disappeared, drawn into the frogs
mouth by n single dart of his long
tongue. Occasionally the wasp reap
pears, wholly or partially, having
made il unpleasant for the frog; but
he is almost always swallowed in the
end. Usually convulsive movements
may be noticed in the frogs throat and
body, as though the process ofdegluti-
tion were not quite easy but that they
like the diet is evident from the fact
that IL single smallish frog has been
known TO take three wasps one after
another. Indeed, it is remarkable
what very small frogs, quite infants,
will swallow wasp with avidity. This
afternoon tiny frog swallowed full
grown wasp, when big relative went
for him quite savagely, like big
schoolboy thrashing small one fol
presuming to be helped before him. =
london Snaotator
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01

A newspaper man has been inter
viewing Zoulficar Ibrahim Bey, Judge
of the criminal courts of Alexandria,
Egypt, on the administration of JUS
tice in that country. The Judge was
educated in the French Military School
at st. Cyr, and speaks French like a
Partisan. When asked whether the
bastinado was still inflicted in the po-
lice courts of Egypt he denied it en-
phatically, and said that any police
man of that land who dared to strike a
citizen would be punished very Sc
verely. ''1t is expressly prohibited, A"
he said. "Our police are organized to
prevent violence, and not to have re-
course to it. And in that connection
/ am glad to learn that the New York
police are prohibited the use of the
club. The days of the old barbaric
punishments have long gone by, and
for many years we have been governed
by the code Napoleon. Our punish
ments are simply fine and imprison-
ment for ordinary offenses, the gal
leys, where the convicts work in chain
gangs, for graver crimes, and the cap
ital penalty for murder, which, how
ever, is more rarely inflicted year
after year"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
TAINTED MILK,

The causes of tainted milk have been
classified by Doctor Gerber as follows
l. Poor fodder.
2. Poor, dirty water, used not only
for watering the cows, but also for
washing the cans.
8. Poor air where the COWS are.
4. Uncleanliness in milking.
8. Keeping the milk too long in too
warm and poorly ventilated places.
9. Neglecting TO cool and aerate the
milk quickly after milking.
7. Lack of cleanliness in the care of
the milk.
8. Poor transportation.
Q. Sick cows
10. The cows being in heat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
nAIs1Na porAroEs FRoM SEED.

To produce strong, vigorous po-
tato with good eating and keeping
qualities, we must select for its parents
varieties possessing these qualities (;
and by judicious crossing we may ex-
pect, to some extent, to fix in the new
variety, some at least of the qualities
we desire to produce. The seed balls
should be gathered early in the fall,
laid in the sun a few days, and then
will soon rise TO the top, when they
have TO be skinned off and placed on
paper or cloth to dry. After drying
thoroughly in the sun, or a warm, dry
room for about forty eight hours, the
seeds are to be put i'll paper bags to
keep until wanted.
Early in the spring they may be
sown thinly i'll rows in a hot-bed, or
later in the open ground. When two
TO three weeks old the seedlings have
to be pricked out singly into carefully
prepared hills, which should be about
two feet apart in rows three feet apart.
A small numbered stake has to be put
III 'thAiA AlAAlB AliAl Alitl IA Nllt ElbM
season detailed notes should be taken
concerning the habit, strength, time
OF ripening, yield and general appear.
ance of each plant. This record must
be continued each year for five years
before one cen definitely ascertain tho
real value Of variety, as many oi
those which appear promising at first
run ont entirely, and sometimes thos,
which We we're tempted to discard tn,
frst few years may prove our very
best varieties AT digging time selec
only few of the largest and hes
formed tubers of each kind, placing
them into carefully marked boxes
each kind by itself, and in planting
use only tae largest specimens for
seed. At tEe end of the dftA year, j
good culture has heen given, probably
one or more varieties out Of a hundred
seedlings viii be found that will pay
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
A Big Lobster.

As if to deny the general complaint
that Holsters caught this year are very
small, a big fellow, the king of them
all, has allowed himself to be decoyed
into the lobster-pots of j. II. Masedale,
the crabman at Bass Point. Mr.. Mase
dale brought him into the Globe Office
yesterday afternoon in huge basket
and showed him to the reporters He
weighed seventeen pounds, and the
advertising rule that was laid on him
showed that he was three feet, six
inches long, and that his main claws
measured eighteen inches long, -Bos-
ton Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
GRAPE CArsUP.

Squeeze the pulp from five pounds
of grapes; boil this for five minutes OF
until the seeds can he strained out,
using porcelain potato masher to
press the pulp through the sieve; add
two pounds of sugar, the skins, one cup
of vinegar, a teaspoonful each of all
spice and cinnamon, saltspooniul
each of mace and cloves and half n
tesspoontul of salt; add the spices in
bags and boil until it thickens. The
housewife who gave me this receipt
adds little cayenne pepper at the
last. II is delicious with cold meats.
American Agriculturist.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
Germs in the Air.

If you want to get notion of the
prevalence of germs in the air, set a
glass of fresh water on the mantlepiece
and leave it there for three or four
days. At the end of that time il will
be covered with a sort of scum which
looks like layer of dust. Phis scum,
when examined under microscope,
will be found to be mass of living
micro-organisms Washington Star
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
TEMPERANCE,


COMPENSATION
II IL true that drinking does q great deal
OF harm TO q man, but how seldom we men,
ton the compensating advantages that come
10 him. For instance;
He drank when he was stupid
For TO quicken his insight.
His eyes grew stlll more bleary,
But his nose grew bright.
He drank when he was weary
His strength for TO prolong.
His legs grew still more shaky,
But his breath grew strong
He drank when he was downcast
For to chase away the night.
His debts grew still more heavy,
Brt his purse grew light.
Voice.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-01
shorrnac In Rnhhcr noot- nnd shoc..

Owing TO the recent money stringency all
the Rubber Shoe factories stopped work for
several weeks, the only exception being the
Colchester Co, the demand for the Colchester
Spading Boot obligiug them to run continuous
ly. This general shut down will cause consid-
erable scarcity Of Rubbers this winter. The
Colchester Spading Boot is already sold ahead
and is pronounced the best Rubber Boot in the
market for all around wear.